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  2. Thiamine deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine (vitamin B 1). [1] A severe and chronic form is known as beriberi. [1] [7] The name beriberi was possibly borrowed in the 18th century from the Sinhalese phrase බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri, “I cannot, I cannot”), owing to the weakness caused by the condition.

  3. Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In some regions, physicians have observed thiamine deficiency brought about by severe malnutrition, particularly in diets consisting mainly of polished rice, which is thiamine-deficient. The resulting nervous system ailment is called beriberi. In individuals with sub-clinical thiamine deficiency, a large dose of glucose (either as sweet food or ...

  4. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    XDH and AOX dual deficiency Xanthine dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase combined deficiency XDH deficiency Xanthine dehydrogenase deficiency XDP X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism XDR TB Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: XHED X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia: XLMTM X-linked myotubular myopathy: XLOS X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome

  5. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Hyphen: Dash, Hyphen-minus-Hyphen-minus: Dash, Hyphen, Minus sign ☞ Index: Manicule, Obelus (medieval usage) · Interpunct: Full-stop, Period, Decimal separator, Dot operator ‽ Interrobang (combined 'Question mark' and 'Exclamation mark') Inverted question and exclamation marks ¡ Inverted exclamation mark: Exclamation mark, Interrobang ...

  6. Vitamin deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin deficiency is the condition of a long-term lack of a vitamin. When caused by not enough vitamin intake it is classified as a primary deficiency, whereas when due to an underlying disorder such as malabsorption it is called a secondary deficiency. An underlying disorder can have 2 main causes:

  7. Thiamine - Wikipedia

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    Calcium and magnesium have been shown to affect the distribution of thiamine in the body and magnesium deficiency has been shown to aggravate thiamine deficiency. [22] Thiamine contents in human tissues are less than those of other species. [16] [64] The half-life of thiamine content stored in tissues of human body is about 9-18 days. [62]

  8. Korsakoff syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Korsakoff syndrome (KS) [1] is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by amnesia, deficits in explicit memory, and confabulation.This neurological disorder is caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B 1) in the brain, and it is typically associated with and exacerbated by the prolonged, excessive ingestion of alcohol. [2]

  9. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    deficiency Greek πενῐ́ᾱ, poverty, indigence osteopenia: peo-of or pertaining to the penis Greek πέος (péos) Peotomy-pepsia: denotes something relating to digestion, or the digestive tract. Greek πεπτός (peptós), cooked, digested < πέσσω (péssō), I boil, cook; digest dyspepsia: per-through Latin per, through, by means of