insufficiency
21insufficiency — noun the condition of being insufficient. ↘Medicine the inability of an organ to perform normally …
22insufficiency — n. Inadequateness, inadequacy, incompetence, deficiency, lack, defectiveness, dearth …
23insufficiency — n 1. deficiency, inadequacy, inade quateness, insufficience, insufficientness; scarcity, dearth, exiguity, paucity, scantiness, scantness, mea gerness, none to spare, stint, lack, want, short supply, need, wantage; falling short, shortcoming,… …
24insufficiency — in·suf·fi·cien·cy …
25insufficiency — n. inability of an organ or part, such as the heart or kidney, to carry out its normal function …
26insufficiency — UK [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) formal a situation in which there is not enough of something 2) medical a medical condition in which an organ in the body does not work as it should …
27insufficiency — in•suf•fi•cien•cy [[t]ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ ən si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy 2) an instance of this 3) pat inability of an organ or other body part to function normally Sometimes, in… …
28insufficiency — /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi / (say insuh fishuhnsee) noun deficiency in amount, force, or fitness; inadequateness. Also, insufficience …
29cardiac insufficiency — insufficiency of the heart muscle or function; see also heart failure …
30Insufficiency, aortic — Sloshing of blood back down from the aorta into the left ventricle of the heart due to incompetency of the aortic valve. Also called aortic regurgitation …
