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deficiency disease which is caused by lack of an element in the diet ,usually a particular vitamin or mineral
A Deficiency Disease is a disease which a person gets afflicted with if he\she does not get enough of a certain nutrient. Some examples:

Goitre
Rickets
Scurvy
Xeropthalmia 
Beriberi
Pellagra


And also all deficiency disease are non-communicable disease, meaning it will not spread fromn person to person.

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