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Beriberi meaning

An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.

Synonyms of Beriberi

avitaminosis hypovitaminosis

Related words

Other words often associated with Beriberi or its synonyms:

malnutrition

Using Beriberi

  • The main meaning on this page is: An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.
  • Useful related words include: avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis.
  • In the example corpus, beriberi often appears in combinations such as: beriberi and, of beriberi, beriberi in.

Context around Beriberi

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

dry 1× wet 1× infantile 1× gastrointestinal 1× prevent 1× produced 1×

Often after:

wet 1× kakke 1× white 1×

Sentence patterns with Beriberi

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and infantile beriberi 1× are dry beriberi wet beriberi 1× beriberi in modern 1× beriberi kakke in 1× beriberi wet beriberi and infantile 1× beriberi white rice 1× campaign against beriberi 1× cases of beriberi and no 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a fourth form 1× beriberi in modern 1× beriberi kakke in 1× beriberi white rice 1× eijkman observed that 1× nor was the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a national disease 1× and a cure 1× and infantile beriberi 1× and no deaths 1× be chemical amines 1× campaign against beriberi 1×

Words around Beriberi

Just before it in the word index:

berian 2 beria 58 beri 8 berhow 5 berhe 5 berhanu 5

Just after it in the word index:

beric 8 beriev 3 berimbau 5 berimbaus 2 berina 2 bering 121

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Beriberi

  • In this selection, "beriberi" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, dry, wet, infantile, wet, kakke and white stand out and add context to how "beriberi" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and infantile beriberi and are dry beriberi wet beriberi. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "beriberi" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with beriberi

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A fourth form, gastrointestinal beriberi, was recognized in 2004. (9 words)

Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease. (10 words)

Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B: a disease, a cause, and a cure. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The name is from vital and amine, meaning amine of life, because it was suggested in 1912 that the organic micronutrient food factors that prevent beriberi and perhaps other similar dietary-deficiency diseases might be chemical amines. (37 words)

Nor was the Navy convinced of the need for so expensive a program of dietary improvement, and many men continued to die of beriberi, even during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904–5. (33 words)

The group that ate only white rice documented 161 crew members with beriberi and 25 deaths, while the latter group had only 14 cases of beriberi and no deaths. (29 words)

Example sentences (11)

The three major forms of the disorder are dry beriberi, wet beriberi, and infantile beriberi.

The group that ate only white rice documented 161 crew members with beriberi and 25 deaths, while the latter group had only 14 cases of beriberi and no deaths.

Beriberi—kakke in Japanese—affected all levels of Japanese society, but it became especially prevalent among the urban residents of Edo, the classic name for Tokyo.

This included exposure to the Royal Navy’s battle with scurvy—a struggle that presaged Takaki’s own campaign against beriberi.

A fourth form, gastrointestinal beriberi, was recognized in 2004.

Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease.

Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B: a disease, a cause, and a cure.

Eijkman observed that chickens fed the native diet of white rice developed the symptoms of beriberi but remained healthy when fed unprocessed brown rice with the outer bran intact.

Nor was the Navy convinced of the need for so expensive a program of dietary improvement, and many men continued to die of beriberi, even during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904–5.

The name is from vital and amine, meaning amine of life, because it was suggested in 1912 that the organic micronutrient food factors that prevent beriberi and perhaps other similar dietary-deficiency diseases might be chemical amines.

They fed guinea pigs their test diet of grains and flour, which had earlier produced beriberi in their pigeons, and were surprised when classic scurvy resulted instead.

Common combinations with beriberi

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "beriberi" in a sentence?
An example: "The three major forms of the disorder are dry beriberi, wet beriberi, and infantile beriberi." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "beriberi" from authentic English texts.
What does "beriberi" mean?
Beriberi means: An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.
What are synonyms of "beriberi"?
Common synonyms of "beriberi" include: avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis.
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