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nounlack of an adequate quantity or number
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"water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"nounthe state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Definition that contains deficiency
- charge the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- creeps a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
- defect a failing or deficiency
- deficit a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
- supplement a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- anemia a deficiency of red blood cells
- scurvy a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
- rickets childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
- dm diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- supplementary added to complete or make up a deficiency