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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈfɪʃ^ənsi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di fish′ən sē)

Inflections of 'deficiency' (n): npl: deficiencies

de•fi•cien•cy /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies.

[uncountable] the state or condition of lacking something:suffering from vitamin deficiency.
something lacking:[countable]a patient with a calcium deficiency.
something imperfect;
flaw;
defect:[countable]In spite of its deficiencies, this is basically a very good paper.

de•fi•cien•cy (di fish′ən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies.

the state of being deficient;
lack;
incompleteness;
insufficiency.
the amount lacked;
a deficit.

Late Latin dēficientia, Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns). See deficient, -ency
1625–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

deficiency /dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)

the state or quality of being deficient
a lack or insufficiency; shortage
another word for deficit
the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present

'deficiency' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

acquired immune deficiency syndrome - AIDS - anaemia - anoxia - ascorbic acid - avitaminosis - beriberi - biotin - cancel - charge - chlorosis - cod-liver oil - complementation - cretinism - cyanosis - defect - deficiency disease - diabetes mellitus - Eijkman - gap - hypo- - hypoxia - immunodeficiency - insulin - kwashiorkor - mental deficiency - mental retardation - oestradiol - osteomalacia - pellagra - positive - rickets - shortage - shortcoming - shortfall - supplement - sway-back - testosterone - tetany - thiamine - vitamin - weakness - xerophthalmia - yeast - absence - acapnia - ADA deficiency - adenosine deaminase deficiency - albino - anemia

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There should not be any lacking/ deficiency in welcoming the guest in the wedding .
<unsuccessful assimilation> of nutritious substances leads to iron deficiency and, therefore, to anemia.

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