Beriberi is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 45 anagrams from letters in beriberi (bbeeiirr).
1695-1705; Sinhalese, reduplication of beri weakness
Ship-beriberi is generally regarded as a combination of beriberi and scurvy.
beriberi (or Berberi) is the name given them by the Hausa (see Bornu).
This relationship was first brought forward by Bradden and Cooper in regard to beriberi.
It is valuable in this connection to compare the adrenal in scurvy with that of beriberi.
Results of this kind show that there must be a relationship between the etiologic factors of scurvy and of beriberi.
The presence of worms has been frequently reported in the bowel or in the stool of patients suffering from beriberi.
In beriberi, Andrews observed frequent congestion of the spleen and also a loss of normal markings.
Edema is frequently met with in “ship beriberi,” a disorder considered by some writers to be a combination of beriberi and scurvy.
This bears only a partial resemblance to beriberi, as there is no edema, nor dyspnœa, and its course is more chronic.
These phenomena resemble closely the description of Reinhard in cases of beriberi.
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