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insufficiency

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in′sə fish′ən sē)

Inflections of 'insufficiency' (n): npl: insufficiencies

in•suf•fi•cien•cy (in′sə fish′ən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies for 2.

deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness;
inadequacy:insufficiency of supplies.
an instance of this.
Pathologyinability of an organ or other part of the body to function normally:cardiac insufficiency.

Also, in′suf•fi′cience.

Late Latin insufficientia. See insufficient, -ency
late Middle English 1375–1425

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insufficiency /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsɪ/ n

Also called: insufficience the state of being insufficient
failure in the functioning of an organ, tissue, etc: cardiac insufficiency

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

cystic fibrosis - deficiency - failure - lack - paucity - aortic insufficiency - betamethasone - coronary insufficiency - dark - dearth - deoxycorticosterone - hungry - inadequacy - mannitol hexanitrate - mitral insufficiency - penury - poverty - preclude - under - valvular insufficiency - want - scanty - scarcity - self-insufficiency

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