Medical Definition of Infantile beriberi

1. Beriberi appearing in a breast-fed infants whose mother has beriberi due to thiamin deficiency. It is mainly the "wet" form of beriberi, characterised by heart failure with marked peripheral oedema (which is otherwise unusual in heart failure in infancy). An often fatal disease, acute in onset, which was formerly common in the Far Eastern countries where rice is consumed; reversible with thiamin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infantile Beriberi

infantcare
infante
infanted
infanteer
infanteers
infantes
infanthood
infanticidal
infanticide
infanticides
infantile
infantile GM2 gangliosidosis
infantile acute haemorrhagic oedema of the skin
infantile amaurotic idiocy
infantile autism
infantile beriberi (current term)
infantile brain tumours
infantile cataract
infantile coeliac disease
infantile colic
infantile convulsion
infantile cortical hyperostosis
infantile digital fibromatosis
infantile diplegia
infantile eczema
infantile fibrosarcoma
infantile fixation
infantile gastroenteritis
infantile gastroenteritis virus

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