deficiency
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Vitamin D deficiency is also frequently reported among people with breast cancer, prompting researchers to investigate whether low levels might affect pain following surgery.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Postoperative nausea was more common among patients with vitamin D deficiency.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I call testosterone deficiency a ‘reduced form of the human condition,’ ” says Morgentaler.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
He isn’t really a word man and the deficiency is evident in the prosaic dialogue and barely imagined characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Campbell felt the deficiency all the more sharply between 1914 and 1918, when the Great War cut off all travel to Britain and the continent.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Sutton said his old club have been "flat-track bullies" by "beating the teams you expect them to beat", but the collapse in Austria, plus Sunday's bruising loss, has highlighted glaring deficiencies.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
So, arbitrarily boosting testosterone is not good for young men without deficiencies.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
"The fundamental root cause... resulting in a catastrophe, was the deficiencies and failures on the bridge of the M/T ALSU," it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It may also contribute to iron or zinc deficiencies, both of which can interfere with the normal hair growth cycle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Therefore, enviously, gloatingly, he exacts vengeance upon us for the unalterable deficiencies in his own life.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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