mineral deficiency

English Thesaurus

1. lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism (noun.state)

hypernym	:	deficiency, lack, want,
definition	:	the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (noun.state)

hyponym	:	sideropenia,
definition	:	a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage (noun.state)