Also means
deficiency
Usage Note
Insuficiencia is a formal or medical term for a lack or inadequacy of something: insuficiencia cardíaca (heart failure/cardiac insufficiency), insuficiencia de fondos (insufficient funds). In medical Spanish insuficiencia renal (kidney failure) is the standard clinical phrase. The adjective insuficiente and the adverb insuficientemente are frequently encountered in academic and official writing.
Examples
"El médico detectó una insuficiencia cardíaca."
Natural Translation
The doctor detected cardiac insufficiency.
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