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insufficience
Variant of insufficiency
insufficiency
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in·suf·fi·ciency (in′sə fis̸h′ən sē)
noun pl. insufficiencies -·cies
- lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequacy
- inability or failure of an organ or tissue to perform its normal function: said esp. of a heart valve or heart muscle
Etymology: LL insufficientia
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