shortage

noun

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
何かが予測または必要より少ないときの、その少ない分であることの特質
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
  新しい血管は、栄養不良を調整するために、すでに広がった血管床から外へ芽を出す
an acute insufficiency
深刻な不足

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