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• n  the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
• n  lack of an adequate quantity or number

• Another explanation for a protein deficiency is that the body is simply not producing enough of them a symptom of conditions including hypothyroidism, in which the body .
• The birth defect an enzyme deficiency causes severe mental retardation, epilepsy and disfigurement of features.
• Because the disease critically weakened the immune system and was often accompanied by a rare cancer, it had been labeled gay-related immune deficiency, or GRID, by some people .

• lack
• want
• insufficiency
• inadequacy

• sufficiency
• adequacy

News & Articles

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• 55,500 ‘High-3’ retirees might never see back pay
  Last November an independent audit of the Military Retirement Fund uncovered a “significant deficiency” in the way the Defense Finance and Accounting Service has been calculating retired pay for about 15 percent of 370,000 retirees who are under a “High-3” retired pay formula.
  June 15, 2013 - Tacoma News Tribune
• Iodine Deficiency in Developing Countries Drives the Global Iodine Market, According to a New Report by Global ...
  GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Iodine markets. Global consumption of Iodine is projected to reach 36.8 thousand metric tons by 2018, driven by increasing demand from traditional end-use markets as well as new emerging applications. (PRWeb June 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/iodine_market/iodine_deficiency/prweb10834775.htm
  June 14, 2013 - PRWeb
• Men’s Health: Testosterone Deficiency
  (KTVI) – June is “Men’s Health Month” and Low T, also known as Testosterone Deficiency, is being discussed. Dr. Stephen...
  June 13, 2013 - FOX 2 News St. Louis