Definitionn. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Last update: August 31, 2015
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He suffered from the disease because of the deficiency of vitamins. [noun]
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Patients with a severe deficiency of cortisol and the related hormone aldosterone, often have a low sodium level and an increased potassium level. [noun]
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Vitamin E in large doses may aggravate iron deficiency anemia. [noun]
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He, at least, was fully aware of his own deficiency; the sense of it haunted him like a phantom. [noun]
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Troplong offends on the side of excess rather than deficiency. [noun]
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And to the more prudent their scanty numbers, apparent deficiency in discipline, and poverty of equipment seemed certain tokens of the calamitous termination of their rash undertaking. [noun]
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How did the chanter compensate for this deficiency. [noun]
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Sowerberry: speaking as well as she could, through a deficiency of breath, and a sufficiency of cold water, which Noah had poured over her head and shoulders. [noun]
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Thereupon he shook his head and tapped it, expressing his sense of deficiency in Joseph. [noun]
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