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Match the following vitamins with their deficiency diseases.
S.No.VitaminsDeficiency diseases
1.Vitamin ABeri beri
2.Vitamin B1Scurvy
3.Vitamin CRickets
4.Vitamin DNyctalopia

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1. Vitamin A is also called as retinol. The deficiency of this vitamin results in loss of eyesight or night blindness. Nyctalopia is the term used to refer night blindness.
2. Vitamin B1 is called as thiamine. The deficiency of this vitamin results in beriberi. Beriberi affects the nervous and the circulatory system.
3. Vitamin C is called as ascorbic acid. The deficiency of this vitamin causes scurvy. Scurvy is characterised by bleeding gums, rash, fatigue and weakness.
4. Vitamin D deficiency results in rickets. There is bending of the long bones. Due to deficiency, the bones become brittle and fractures or breaking of the bones also observed.

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