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 food, which is one of its many consequences, by impairing his nutrition and thus diminishing his vital resistance, renders the individual more susceptible to the action of the specific cause.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Ethical disquisition is only part of a Theological argument; and this helps to explain his assertion of the Independence as well as of the Insufficiency of Morality.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander