insufficiency

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It is the only organisation in the UK dedicated to providing information and support to young women diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, also known as premature menopause.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024

Insufficiency of inhibition is the cause of the beginning and of the persistence of bad habits and of tics.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

New Views on Ether and Matter: Insufficiency of Larmor's view—Ether definable by electric and magnetic fields—Is matter all electrons?

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien

Insufficiency of a valve allows the return of the blood through the valve during the dilation of a chamber, thus increasing the amount of blood entering the chamber beyond the normal.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Our first imperfect notion of things as isolated from each other, or connected only by co-existence and succession, is a mere Insufficiency of the individual. imagination of things.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various