Deficiency (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural de·fi·cien·cies.
  1. the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
  2. the amount lacked; a deficit.
noun plural -cies
  1. the state or quality of being deficient
  2. a lack or insufficiency; shortage
  3. another word for deficit
  4. the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present
Deficiency (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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