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The disease caused by deficiency of iodine is:

  1. A
    malaria
  2. B
    chicken pox
  3. C
    goitre
  4. D
    anaemia

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Goitre is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland caused primarily by nutritional deficiency of iodine. Iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormones; its lack causes the gland to swell up. Malaria is protozoan, Chicken pox is viral, and Anaemia is caused by iron deficiency.

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The disease caused by deficiency of iodine is:
A
malaria
B
chicken pox
C
goitre
D
anaemia

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