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deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] ADJ

deficient diet

deficient strength

to be deficient in sth

falhar em a. c.

Usage examples with deficient

to be deficient in sth

falhar em a. c.

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Haemophiliacs may be treated by transfusions of the protein they are deficient in. en.wikipedia.org

Finally, poor women had deficient diets, because their husbands and children received disproportionately large shares of food. en.wikipedia.org

Applications of pure perfluorocarbon liquid breathing (which uses pure perfluorocarbon liquid, not a water emulsion) include assisting burn victims and premature babies with deficient lungs. en.wikipedia.org

These ghrelin-deficient mice exhibited more social avoidance as well. en.wikipedia.org

Experiments in alpha-sarcoglycan deficient dystrophic mice have shown that mesoangioblast transplantation can restore muscle function. en.wikipedia.org

They suffered for decades from inadequate funding, outmoded or dilapidated facilities, and deficient textbooks (often ones previously used in white schools). en.wikipedia.org

When biotinidase activity is deficient, biotin can be neither recycled within the body nor removed from ingested food. en.wikipedia.org

Mutant yeast cells that have a reduced autophagic capability rapidly perish in nutrition-deficient conditions. en.wikipedia.org

Though it is electron deficient compared to carbon, it does not form a metal. en.wikipedia.org

One of the most common found in winemaking is a nitrogen deficient must. en.wikipedia.org

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