condition of insufficiency
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insufficiency — Lack of completeness of function or power. SEE ALSO: incompetence. [L. in , neg. + sufficientia, fr. sufficio to suffice] accommodative i. a lack of appropriate accommodation for near focus. acute adrenocortical i. severe adrenocortical i. when… … Medical dictionary
insufficiency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of necessary amount Nouns 1. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness; incompetence, impotence; deficiency, incompleteness, imperfection, shortcoming, emptiness, poorness, depletion, vacancy,… … English dictionary for students
insufficiency — n. 1 the condition of being insufficient. 2 Med. the inability of an organ to perform its normal function (renal insufficiency). Etymology: ME f. LL insufficientia (as INSUFFICIENT) … Useful english dictionary
insufficiency of the eyelids — a condition in which the eyes are closed only by a conscious effort … Medical dictionary
insufficiency — in|suf|fi|cien|cy [ ,ınsə fıʃnsi ] noun uncount 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
insufficiency — noun the condition of being insufficient. ↘Medicine the inability of an organ to perform normally … English new terms dictionary
insufficiency — 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 … English dictionary
Chronic venous insufficiency — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I87.2 ICD 9 459.81 … Wikipedia
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency — CCVI redirects here. For other uses, see CCVI (disambiguation). Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency Classification and external resources Veins of the neck. V.jugularis interna is stenosed or has a malformed valve that leads to CCSVI. The… … Wikipedia
Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency — (CIRCI) is a form of adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients who have blood corticosteroid levels which are inadequate for the severe stress response they experience. Combined with decreased glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity and tissue … Wikipedia
