Question
What do you understand by a vitaminoses? Name the defeiciency disease caused due to lack of Vitamin A and K.
Solution
A vitaminoses is defined as the condition of vitamin deficiency. A lack of one or more vitamins leads to characteristic deficiency symptoms in man. Multiple deficiencies are caused by the lack of more than one vitamin.
The deficiency disease caused by lack of vitamin A is night blindness, and retarded growth. The deficiency disease caused by lack of vitamin K is increased time of blood clottings and hemorrhagic condition.
