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"new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"nounthe property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or requiredtype of:
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"the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory" "they have serious linguistic deficits"nouna deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioningtype of:
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"last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"nounan excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)type of:
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noun(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losingOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains deficit
- ritalin central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children
- methylphenidate central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children
- oxygen debt a cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise; the deficit must be made up when the body returns to rest
- infantile autism a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits