Assertion: avitaminosis | /r/HasProperty | milder deficiency
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text: Hypovitaminosis is often given as a synonym; sometimes a distinction is drawn betwixt the two, in which avitaminosis is defined as a comparatively severe disease resulting from long-term deficiencies (see list below), while hypovitaminosis is a milder deficiency, great enough to effect health, but not so great as to cause a severe disease. '