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91uterine insufficiency — weakness of the contractile power of the uterus …
92velopharyngeal insufficiency — inability to achieve velopharyngeal closure, due to muscular dysfunction, deficiency of the soft palate or superior constrictor muscle, cleft palate, or some other disorder; it often results in a speech disorder. Called also velopharyngeal… …
93vertebrobasilar insufficiency — transient or intermittent ischemia of the brainstem and cerebellum due to stenosis, thrombosis, or other obstruction of the vertebral or basilar artery; this results in symptoms such as vertigo, diplopia, nystagmus, muscle weakness, and… …
94thoracic insufficiency syndrome — inability of the thorax to support normal respiration and lung growth, resulting from a variety of conditions that cause thoracic deformities, such as progressive scoliosis or asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy …
95renal insufficiency — malfunction of the kidneys …
96accommodative insufficiency — a weakness of the accommodation reflex, sometimes a result of injury, disease, or the effect of medication …
97convergence insufficiency — an acquired condition in which the eyes fail to turn inwards enough to achieve fusion of separate images during near vision. In some cases, treatment with muscle exercises (see orthoptics) can improve the condition …
98renal insufficiency — noun insufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneys • Hypernyms: ↑kidney disease, ↑renal disorder, ↑nephropathy, ↑nephrosis …
99aortic insufficiency — noun or aortic incompetence : leakage of blood from the aorta back into the left ventricle during diastole because of failure of an aortic valve to close properly * * * Pathol. abnormal closure of the aortic valve resulting in regurgitation of… …
100mitral insufficiency — noun also mitral incompetence : inability of the mitral valve to close perfectly permitting blood to flow back into the auricle and leading to varying degrees of heart failure * * * Pathol. abnormal closure of the mitral valve resulting in… …