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deficiency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inadequacy, insufficiency |
| Type of | amount |
| Has types | scarcity, shortage, shortfall, exiguity, slenderness, deficit, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantness, scantiness, scarceness, poorness |
| Derivation | deficient |
Examples of deficiency
deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with mental changes, neuropathy and anemia.
From the dailyherald.com
Baldness also can be caused by hypothyroidism, iron deficiency and chemotherapy.
From the stltoday.com
Seratonin deficiency can result in depression, anxiety, or aggression in humans.
From the newscientist.com
Instead, scurvy was relabeled as vitamin C deficiency, a far less-alarming name.
From the theepochtimes.com
In poor countries, iodine deficiency in the diet can lead to thyroid deficiency.
From the cnn.com
The researchers found that the endocytic protein overcame the fusion deficiency.
From the sciencedaily.com
I would like to know if it could be external factors or some vitamin deficiency.
From the cnn.com
Normally, it takes two parents with the deficiency for a child to show symptoms.
From the newsobserver.com
As such, baseline zinc deficiency in our subjects may have affected our results.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
- Insufficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
- (deficient) inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
- (deficient) insufficient: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
- (deficient) falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
- Inadequacy or incompleteness; An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health
- Vitamin deficiencies
- (DEFICIENCIES) Items in the contract that have not been completed at the time of inspection. Seasonal Deficiencies are the most common as weather and climate make it impractical to complete certain kinds of exterior work.
- (Deficiencies) Areas along the track that cannot handle expected increased train frequencies.
