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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. deficiency
noun. ['dɪˈfɪʃənsi'] the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ency (English)
- deficit (English)
- déficit (French)
2. deficiency
noun. ['dɪˈfɪʃənsi'] lack of an adequate quantity or number.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ency (English)
- deficit (English)
- déficit (French)
4. anaemia
noun. a deficiency of red blood cells.
Synonyms
- aplastic anemia
- favism
- hypochromic anemia
- sickle-cell disease
- hypochromic anaemia
- drepanocytic anemia
- sickle-cell anemia
- malignant anemia
- blood disease
- drepanocytic anaemia
- aplastic anaemia
- hypoplastic anemia
- anemia
- hyperchromic anaemia
- Fanconi's anaemia
- pernicious anemia
- Fanconi's anemia
- sickle-cell anaemia
- hemolytic anemia
- microcytic anaemia
- hypoplastic anaemia
- blood disorder
- macrocytic anaemia
- pernicious anaemia
- refractory anemia
- microcytic anemia
- crescent-cell anemia
- iron deficiency anemia
- hyperchromic anemia
- macrocytic anemia
- haemolytic anaemia
- iron deficiency anaemia
- ischaemia
- erythroblastosis fetalis
- crescent-cell anaemia
- malignant anaemia
- refractory anaemia
- ischemia
5. iron
noun. ['ˈaɪɝn'] a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood.
