Dictionary Entry
beriberi
beriberi is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
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