deficiency

  • 21deficiency — noun 1) a vitamin deficiency Syn: lack, insufficiency, shortage, inadequacy, deficit, shortfall, scarcity, dearth 2) the team s big deficiency Syn: defect, fault, flaw …

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  • 22deficiency — /dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nsi/ noun a lack of something, or the amount by which something, e.g. a sum of money, is less than it should be ● There is a £10 deficiency in the petty cash. ♦ to make up a deficiency to put money into an account to balance it …

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  • 23DEFICIENCY — Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (Medical » Physiology) …

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  • 24Deficiency — De|ficiency [defịschenßi; aus engl. deficiency = Mangel, Ausfall (zu lat. deficere, s. u.)] w; oder De|fizi|ẹnz [zu lat. deficere = abnehmen, ausfallen, schwinden] w; : Verlust von Chromosomenendstücken u. damit verbundener Verlust von ↑Genen… …

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  • 25deficiency — de|fi|cien|cy [ dı fıʃnsi ] noun count or uncount * 1. ) a lack of something that your body needs: anemia caused by iron deficiency 2. ) a fault in someone or something that makes them not good enough: problems caused by deficiencies in the… …

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  • 26deficiency — noun (C, U) 1 a lack of something that is necessary: The disease is caused by a vitamin deficiency. 2 a weakness or fault in something …

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  • 27deficiency — iškristis statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Chromosomų mutacija, kurios metu iškrenta dalys (segmentai) iš abiejų chromosomos galų arba tik iš vieno galo. atitikmenys: angl. deficiency rus. дефишенси; нехватка …

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  • 28deficiency — n. (pl. ies) 1 the state or condition of being deficient. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a lack or shortage. 3 a thing lacking. 4 the amount by which a thing, esp. revenue, falls short. Phrases and idioms: deficiency disease a disease caused by the lack of …

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  • 29deficiency judgment — see judgment 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. deficiency judgment …

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  • 30deficiency judgment — deˈficiency ˌjudgement , deficiency judgment noun [countable] LAW a decision by a court that a borrower still owes money after the security for a loan is sold for less than the amount owed * * * deficiency judgment UK US (US ► LAW a judgment in a …

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