"deficience" meaning in English

See deficience in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: deficiences [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin dēficientia. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-lat|dēficientia}} Late Latin dēficientia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deficience (countable and uncountable, plural deficiences)
  1. (obsolete) Deficiency. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deficience-en-noun-5iLwvi3G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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