A prolonged deficiency of vitamin C causes which disease?
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Correct answer to question 15 (General Science): Scurvy
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Scurvy comes from a lack of vitamin C and was once common among sailors without fresh fruit. Rickets follows a vitamin D shortage, anaemia usually an iron shortage, and goitre an iodine shortage.
Updated: November 2026
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