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deficiency noun

  /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/
  • (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
 deficiência
  • (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
 carência, deficiência, escassez, falta

deficient adjective

  /dɪˈfɪʃənt/
  • Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
 deficiente
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida
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