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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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