defective

  • 131deficient — defective, deficient Defective means ‘having a defect (= fault)’, whereas deficient means ‘having a deficiency (or lack)’. So eyesight, components, goods, logic, mechanisms, products, workmanship, etc., can all be defective if they are not… …

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  • 132osteodystrophy — Defective formation of bone. SYN: osteodystrophia. [osteo + G. dys, difficult, imperfect, + trophe, nourishment] Albright hereditary o. an inherited form of hyperparathyroidism associated with ectopic …

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