insufficience

Variant of insufficiency

noun pl. insufficiencies

  1. lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequacy
    also Rareinsufficience
  2. inability or failure of an organ or tissue to perform its normal function: said esp. of a heart valve or heart muscle

Origin: LL insufficientia

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