night blindness vs avitaminosis

night blindness and avitaminosis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
night blindness	Yes	No	No	No
avitaminosis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, avitaminosis is a hypernym of night blindness; that is, avitaminosis is a word with a broader meaning than night blindness:

night blindness: inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
avitaminosis: any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins

Other hypernyms of night blindness include hypovitaminosis, vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment.

night blindness (noun)	avitaminosis (noun)
inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder	any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins