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insufficiency noun absence, dearth, deficiency, deficit, depletion, emptiness, exhaustion, exiguity, falling short, fewness, inadequacy, incompetence, incompleteness, inopia, lack, need, not enough, paucity, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, short fall, short measure, short supply, shortage, shortcoming, sparseness, stint, too few, want Associated concepts: insufficiency of evidence, insufficiency of law to support a verdict See also: abortion, dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, delinquency, demand, detriment, disability, disadvantage, disqualification, failure, fault, handicap, immateriality, impotence, inability, incompetence, indigence, inefficacy, market, need, paucity, privation INSUFFICIENCY. What is not competent; not enough. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| a 6-month-old boy, was admitted to an intensive care unit because of respiratory insufficiency. The cause of the woman's death was later listed as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and respiratory insufficiency, with contributing factors of diabetes and congestive heart failure. The final reported case of pulmonary toxicity associated with thalidomide described a patient with respiratory insufficiency and an interstial pattern on chest x-ray; no other studies were reported in this patient. |
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