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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beriberi \Be`ri*be"ri\, n. [Singhalese beri weakness.] An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beriberi n : caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
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