insufficiency

[ US /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənˌsi/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsəfˈɪʃənsi/ ]
NOUN
  1. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
  2. a lack of competence
    pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
    juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
  3. lack of an adequate quantity or number
    the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
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How To Use insufficiency In A Sentence

  • Hormonal factors appear to play a conflicting role in the regulation of salt and water balance under conditions of pulmonary insufficiency.
  • Current areas of investigation include neurohumoral, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating airway contractility, airway smooth muscle growth and cell surface receptor expression; regulation of postnatal development and growth of the lung; developmental effects of pulmonary inflammation and oxidative lung injury on airway and pulmonary vascular reactivity; biochemical and molecular regulation of membrane ion channels in cystic fibrosis; maturational changes in chest wall and airway function; pulmonary manifestations of sickle cell disease; the physiological basis of ventilator dependence in children with chronic respiratory insufficiency; and developmental aspects of respiratory mechanics and ventilatory control. Fellowship Program in Pulmonary Medicine
  • Edit: I asked Dr. Ukrainsky in an email what he meant by "Nedo" and this was his response: "Russian prefix "nedo" insufficiency sensu lato means, that this ceratopsian has lack: nasal horn absent. Insufficiency!?!
  • The aldactone and male pattern balding may actually see as unused unless you frequency the initial similarity and feeling your insufficiency has prescribed. Wii-volution
  • Liprotamase was developed to treat exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children and adults caused by cystic fibrosis and other conditions. FDA Questions Effectiveness of Proposed Pancreatic-Enzyme Drug
  • Acute haemolysis Ambilhar cure glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase insufficiency Xml's Blinklist.com
  • RESULTS The ordinary styles of respiratory insufficiency which is caused by brain trauma are respiratory inhibition, neurogenic pneumonedema, impedient distributary and pulmonary infection.
  • The sense of his insufficiency was the more vexatious to Mowbray, as he was aware he would find sharp critics in the ladies, and particularly in his constant rival, Lady Penelope Penfeather. Saint Ronan's Well
  • Objective To measure the distance between the mitral leaflet coaptation point and the mitral annulus (CPMA) and explore the correlation between CPMA increase and left ventricular insufficiency.
  • This condition is also known as pulmonic or pulmonary insufficiency. Pulmonary Regurgitation
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