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insufficiency

noun as in lack

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In some cases, chronic venous insufficiency can also cause painful cramps, spasms and leg ulcers.

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Blood tests also showed he had "initial, mild, renal insufficiency" - a kidney problem - that is "currently under control", the statement said.

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Dowden had to pull out of this year's 20th anniversary series after suffering an "insufficiency stress fracture" on her shin two weeks ago.

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On Wednesday, she told Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two that she has a "insufficiency stress fracture, if I've said that right, on my shin".

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Apes are also threatened by the insufficiency of human efforts to protect them.

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