deficiency
Inadequacy or incompletenessInadequacy or incompleteness.
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» Iodine deficiency can cause thyroid deficiency.
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4 senses(uncountable)Inadequacy or incompleteness.
недоста́токnedostátok, поро́кporók, неполноце́нностьnepolnocénnostʹ
(countable)An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
Mangel
нехва́ткаnexvátka, дефици́тdeficít
(countable, uncountable)The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
(countable, uncountable)The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- lack of an adequate quantity or number
Examples
14 sentencesIodine deficiency can cause thyroid deficiency.
Oestrogen deficiency in men causes erectile dysfunction.
Estrogen deficiency in men causes erectile dysfunction.
In addition, there were two other deficiencies in that system.
Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.
deDie Körpertemperatur steigt, der Puls steigt ... er leidet unter Sauerstoffmangel. — Zaghawa
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From deficient + -cy. Compare Latin dēficientia.From deficient + -cy. Compare Latin dēficientia.
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Forms
plural: deficiencies| Singular | deficiency |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable:lackwant
- lack of an adequate quantity or number:insufficiencyinadequacy
Antonyms
6 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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