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easpa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abscess noun A swollen, pus-filled pocket in the body, usually caused by infection.
  • deficiency noun A lack or shortage of something necessary, especially for health.
  • insufficiency noun The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

Senses

easpa is used for these senses in English:

  • abscess (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  • deficiency (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
  • insufficiency The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

abscess — full definition

  1. noun A swollen, pus-filled pocket in the body, usually caused by infection.
  2. verb To develop into a pus-filled swelling.

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