Definition of Insufficiency

1. Noun. A lack of competence. "Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

Exact synonyms: Inadequacy
Generic synonyms: Failing, Weakness

2. Noun. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.
Generic synonyms: Inability, Unfitness
Category relationships: Pathology
Specialized synonyms: Cardiac Insufficiency, Coronary Insufficiency

3. Noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number. "The inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

Definition of Insufficiency

1. n. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

Definition of Insufficiency

1. [n INSUFFICIENCIES]

Medical Definition of Insufficiency

1. The condition of being insufficient or inadequate to the performance of the allotted duty. Origin: L. Insufficientia, from sufficiens = sufficient This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insufficiency

instrument panel
insubordinate
insubordinately
insubordinates
insubordination
insubstantial
insubstantiality
insubstantially
insuccation
insucken
insudate
insufferable
insufferably
insufficiencies
insufficiency (current term)
insufficiency (current term)
insufficient
insufficient
insufficiently
insufflate
insufflate
insufflated
insufflates
insufflating
insufflation
insufflation
insufflations
insufflation anaesthesia
insufflator
insufflator

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