shortage

Words with a similar base: shortage

'shortage'

[deficit.n.01] as in: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

Examples:
new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit

'shortage'

[dearth.n.01] as in: an acute insufficiency

Origins

					shortage (English)
├── -age (English)
│   └── -age (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│       └── -aticum (Latin)
└── short (English)
    └── short (Middle English (1100-1500))

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