Associations to the word «Deficiency»
Noun
- Serotonin
- Secretion
- Urine
- Iron
- Sclerosis
- Infant
- Arthritis
- Allele
- Marrow
- Collagen
- Infection
- Lymphoma
- Hepatitis
- Hemorrhage
- Leukemia
- Hiv
- Plasma
- Pregnancy
- Kidney
- Mg
- Lipid
- Calorie
- Acid
- Adhesion
- Bleeding
- Diagnosis
- Gland
- Incidence
- Vomiting
- Fertilizer
- Antibody
- Ulcer
- Cataract
- Electrolyte
- Carbohydrate
- Unicef
- Metabolite
- Bowel
- Onset
- Deformity
- Clot
- Chemotherapy
- Inflammation
- Spleen
- Gene
- Neurotransmitter
- Convulsion
- Sore
- Pancreas
- Poisoning
- Mineral
- Buildup
- Shortcoming
- Tyrosine
- Assay
- Severity
- Inability
- Inhibitor
- Infancy
- Protein
- Cns
- Fetus
Adjective
Wiktionary
DEFICIENCY, noun. (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
DEFICIENCY, noun. (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
DEFICIENCY, noun. (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
DEFICIENCY, noun. (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
Dictionary definition
DEFICIENCY, noun. 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".
DEFICIENCY, noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.