deficiency
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·fi·cien·cy /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ ●○○ noun (plural deficiencies) [countable, uncountable] formal 1 NOT HAVEa lack of something that is necessary 不足，缺乏 SYN shortagedeficiency of a deficiency of safe play areas for children 儿童安全游戏场地的缺乏iron/vitamin etc deficiency Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency in their diet. 一些老人日常饮食中缺铁。2 FAULT/something WRONGa weakness or fault in something 缺点，毛病deficiency in There are deep deficiencies in this law. 这条法律存在严重的缺陷。
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deficiency• The sum of evidence is now too strong to justify further placebo controlled trials in communities with vitamin A deficiency.• A deficiency of soil nutrients can cause the resulting crop to be disease-ridden and of very poor quality.• One of the symptoms of vitamin C deficiency is extreme tiredness.• Older women can suffer bone loss caused by estrogen deficiency.• Women suffering from iron deficiency can take supplements in the form of tablets.• Arkansas is a poor state, its deficiencies no measure of its virtue.• They agree that yellowing needles are caused by magnesium deficiency.• Therefore, magnesium deficiency rarely, if ever, occurs on a dietary basis alone.• When centralized planning is used as the normal mode of economic control, a number of deficiencies loom into view: 1.• Communities focus on capacities; service systems focus on deficiencies.• Over 40% of rental housing contained structural deficiencies.• This deficiency proved fatal when the dollar faced a prolonged confidence crisis in the early 1970s.iron/vitamin etc deficiency• I also found that I had a vitamin deficiency, and Anna-Lisa introduced me to vitamin supplements.• Assuming the same thing happens in the gut, then a vitamin deficiency might make the yeast convert to the hyphal form.• First, her blood showed an iron deficiency, and she showed signs of chronic-fatigue syndrome.• In iron deficiency anemia complicated by other disorders which either increase serum iron or decrease the.• The need for sigmoidoscopy in patients with obscure iron deficiency anaemia is contentious.• Ten patients had died all unrelated to the iron deficiency anaemia.• Critics say that could lead to vitamin deficiencies or possible long-term effects on health such as increased incidence of cancer.• Crohn's disease is often associated with iron deficiency anaemia.de·fi·cien·cy nounChineseSyllable
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deficiency
de‧fi‧cien‧cy /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/
noun (plural deficiencies) [uncountable and countable] formal
1. a lack of something that is necessary
SYN shortage
deficiency of
a deficiency of safe play areas for children
iron/vitamin etc deficiency
Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency in their diet.
2. a weakness or fault in something
deficiency in
There are deep deficiencies in this law.
de‧fi‧cien‧cy /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/
noun (plural deficiencies) [uncountable and countable] formal1. a lack of something that is necessary
SYN shortage
deficiency of
iron/vitamin etc deficiency
2. a weakness or fault in something
deficiency in