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Parent topics
- Nutrition [r]: The study of foods and nutrients and their effects on health, growth and development of any individual. [e]
- Deficiency disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vitamin C [r]: Required by a few mammalian species, including humans and higher primates. It is water-soluble and is usually obtained by eating fruits and vegetables; associated with scurvy (hence its chemical name, ascorbic acid). [e]
Subtopics
- Anemia [r]: A condition characterized by insufficient circulating and effective hemoglobin in blood to support normal physiology. [e]
- James Lind [r]: (1716–1794) Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene, whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be added to the diet of sailors saw scurvy eliminated from the British Navy. [e]
- Renewable energy [r]: Energy derived from natural processes that are regularly replenished and includes solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, geothermal power, bioenergy, and biofuels. [e]
- Rheumatoid arthritis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints. [e]
- Heart [r]: A chambered muscular organ in organisms that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system. [e]
- Breast cancer [r]: Cancer of the glandular breast tissue. [e]