Also means
shortcoming
Usage Note
Deficiencia is used in medical, nutritional, and administrative contexts to describe a lack or impairment — deficiencia de hierro (iron deficiency), deficiencia visual (visual impairment). It is more formal than falta and more clinical than carencia. The adjective deficiente can describe a person with a disability, though this usage is increasingly considered dated.
Examples
"Tiene una deficiencia de vitamina D."
Natural Translation
She has a vitamin D deficiency.
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