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insufficiency
(redirected from ileocecal insufficiency)

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in·suf·fi·cien·cy  (ns-fshn-s)
n. pl. in·suf·fi·cien·cies
1. The quality or state of being insufficient, especially:
a. Moral or mental incompetence.
b. Inadequate supply: an insufficiency of funds.
c. Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally: cardiac insufficiency.
2. A failing; an inadequacy: pointed out the insufficiencies in my report.

insufficiency [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsɪ]
n
1. Also called insufficience the state of being insufficient
2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol failure in the functioning of an organ, tissue, etc. cardiac insufficiency
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.insufficiency - a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
failing, weakness - a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"
2.insufficiency - (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
inability, unfitness - lacking the power to perform
pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
cardiac insufficiency, coronary insufficiency - inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
3.insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
deficit, shortage, shortfall - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount
slenderness - the quality of being slight or inadequate; "he knew the slenderness of my wallet"; "the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done"; "the slenderness of the evidence"
adequacy, sufficiency - the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

insufficiency
noun shortage, lack, deficiency, want, poverty, inadequacy, short supply, scarcity, dearth, paucity, scantiness, inadequateness Late miscarriages are not usually due to hormonal insufficiency.
Translations
insufficiency [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsɪ] Ninsuficiencia f
insufficiency
n (of supplies)Knappheit f, → unzureichende Menge; (of sb’s work)Unzulänglichkeit f
insufficiency [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnsɪ] ninsufficienza
insufficiency [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnsɪ] ninsufficienza


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