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Deficiency

/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/
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(noun) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.
AIDS means "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
CEFR Practice Quiz
Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen ____.

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