What (who) is deficiency - definition
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Deficiencies; Deficiency (disambiguation)
deficiency
(deficiencies)
1.
Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
They did blood tests on him for signs of vitamin deficiency...
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2.
A deficiency that someone or something has is a weakness or imperfection in them. (FORMAL)
...a serious deficiency in our air defence.
= weakness
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deficiency
n.
defect
inadequacy
1) a hearing; iron; mental; mineral; vitamin deficiency
2) (a) deficiency in
incompleted work
(as in school) (AE)
3) to make up a deficiency
deficiency
n.
1.
Want, lack, defectiveness, insufficiency, scantiness, shortness, meagreness, dearth, scarcity, shortage, deficit.
2.
Failing, failure, frailty, infirmity, imperfection, foible, fault, error, weakness, weak side, blind side.
Wikipedia
Deficiency
A deficiency is generally a lack of something. It may also refer to:
- A deficient number, in mathematics, a number n for which σ(n) < 2n
- Angular deficiency, in geometry, the difference between a sum of angles and the corresponding sum in a Euclidean plane
- Deficiency (graph theory), a property describing how far a given graph is from having a perfect matching
- Deficiency (medicine), including various types of malnutrition, as well as genetic diseases caused by deficiencies of endogenously produced proteins
- A deficiency in construction, an item, or condition that is considered sub-standard, or below minimum expectations
- Genetic deletion, in genetics, also called a deficiency
- A deficiency judgment, in the law of real estate
- A tax deficiency, an amount owed in taxes over and above what has been submitted in payment
Pronunciation examples for deficiency
1. deficiency or B6 deficiency.
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2. This can be an iron deficiency, a folic acid deficiency.
The Best Possible You _ Hannah Richards _ Talks at Google
3. that it's a nitrogen deficiency, a calcium deficiency
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4. and some deficiency.
Radical Brilliance _ Arjuna Ardag _ Talks at Google
5. of a protein deficiency.
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Examples of use of deficiency
1. THIN, LIFELESS HAIR Possible causes: Iron deficiency.
2. TWITCHING EYE Possible causes: Magnesium deficiency.
3. Yet his exposure revealed a fundamental deficiency.
4. "This is an unacceptable, dangerous deficiency," he said.
5. It is a sign of oedema, severe protein deficiency.