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Synonyms
de·fi·cien·cy (dĭ-fĭsh́ən-sē)

noun: pl., -cies. 

  1. The quality or condition of being deficient; incompleteness or inadequacy.
  2. A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health; an insufficiency: a nutritional deficiency.