iron/vitamin etc deficiency• I also found that I had a vitamin deficiency, and Anna-Lisa introduced me to vitamin supplements.• Assuming the same thing happens in the gut, then a vitamin deficiency might make the yeastconvert to the hyphal form.• First, her blood showed an iron deficiency, and she showed signs of chronic-fatigue syndrome.• In iron deficiencyanemiacomplicated by other disorders which either increase serum iron or decrease the.• The need for sigmoidoscopy in patients with obscureiron deficiencyanaemia is contentious.• Ten patients had died all unrelated to the iron deficiency anaemia.• Critics say that could lead to vitamin deficiencies or possible long-term effects on health such as increased incidence of cancer.• Crohn's disease is often associated with iron deficiency anaemia.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEFICIENCY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤major, serious, severe重大不足;嚴重缺乏▸➤slight稍微不足▸➤dietary, nutritional飲食不足;營養缺乏➤immune免疫缺陷▸➤enzyme, hormone, mineral, nutrient, vitamin酶缺乏症;激素缺乏症;礦物質缺乏症;營養缺乏症;維生素缺乏症▸➤calcium, iron, etc.缺鈣、缺鐵等VERB + DEFICIENCY➤have, suffer from缺乏◇He's suffering from a severe vitamin deficiency.他嚴重缺乏維生素。➤correct, make good, make up, overcome, remedy糾正不足;彌補不足;克服不足;補救缺陷◇I've been prescribed iron to make up the deficiency.醫生給我開了鐵劑補鐵。◇An engineer could remedy the deficiencies in the design.工程師會彌補設計上的缺陷。➤detect, identify發現/確定缺陷➤indicate表明缺陷◇These symptoms indicate a protein deficiency.這些症狀表明缺乏蛋白質。➤cause, induce導致缺乏◇Lack of sunlight can cause deficiency in vitamin D.缺少陽光照射會導致缺乏維生素 D。PREPOSITION➤deficiency in⋯方面的缺乏◇serious deficiencies in the health service公共醫療衞生服務的嚴重缺乏