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The lower concentration can cause nutrient deficiency, coupled with the reduced ability of the baby's body to absorb the nutrients, NCT said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

He also said the actual ventilation rates showed a "deficiency" in the design as the system was not able to achieve the rate it was supposed to.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

"Abdominal obesity reduces circulating vitamin D, and that deficiency impairs the immune system, exacerbating the chronic inflammation caused by excess fat and drastically increasing the risk of mortality," Alexandre explains to Agência FAPESP.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

But Dr. Helen Bernie, an associate professor of urology at Indiana University and a spokesperson for the AUA, says testosterone deficiency is often underdiagnosed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Yes, Joseph,’ says you,” here Pumblechook shook his head and hand at me, “‘he knows my total deficiency of common human gratitoode.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Some help with muscle size and strength, while others correct deficiencies in the diet.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

It cited long-standing deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism at Wise U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It may also contribute to iron or zinc deficiencies, both of which can interfere with the normal hair growth cycle.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

The BBC has found increasing numbers of people are arriving at hospitals across the South East either malnourished or with nutrient deficiencies.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

His punishment is the Word, and his deficiencies are failures of words—as when he grows impatient with translation and strikes out precariously on his own, telling parables in his wildly half-baked Kikongo.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver