"insuffisance" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.sy.fi.zɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-insuffisance.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-insuffisance.wav Forms: insuffisances [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: From in- + suffisance or insuffisant + -ance. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|in-|suffisance}} in- + suffisance, {{af|fr|insuffisant|-ance}} insuffisant + -ance Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} insuffisance f (plural insuffisances)
  1. shortfall; shortcoming; insufficiency Tags: feminine Synonyms: défaut
    Sense id: en-insuffisance-fr-noun-6kyq-N~u
  2. (pathology) failure (condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-insuffisance-fr-noun-TcUMYTxr Categories (other): French terms with collocations, Pathology, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in-, French terms suffixed with -ance, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 9 91 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ance: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Inflected forms

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