nutritional deficiency disease ascorbic acid deficiency SNOMEDCT:76169001 vitamin C deficiency deficiency of ascorbic acid (disorder) MESH:D001206 MedDRA:10047623 Ascorbic acid deficiency (disorder) Ascorbic acid defic. MedDRA:10003454 ICD10:E54 Ascorbic acid deficiency DOID:13577 Ascorbic Acid Deficiency Dani Welter A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into SCURVY in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177) deficiency of vitamin C Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) deficiency