Synonym: blemish, deficiency, failing, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness. Antonym: merit. Similar words: defeat, defend, defense, defeated, defender, deference, defensive, defendant. Meaning: ['diːfekt] n. 1. an imperfection in a bodily system 2. a failing or deficiency 3. an imperfection in a device or machine 4. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
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31. She might have had an unknown liver defect or the symptoms were induced by the drug.
32. If your speech suffers from this defect, your teachers will not tell you of it.
33. Some items suffered from more than one specific defect, while others suffered from none, showing merely general wear and tear.
34. Who had persuaded the other to defect, to betray his fundamental principles in the name of personal loyalty?
35. But it fell far short of providing the detailed model-by-model defect analysis demanded by Mr Gummer's critics.
36. The same triple defect probably contributes to the formation of recurrent gall bladder stones.
37. If its use can not possibly be avoided, the patient should be counseled about the possibility of a birth defect.
38. Home Secretary Jack Straw's record would be reason enough to defect from Labour.
39. The defect need not be the sole cause of the damage.
40. An idiopathic defect of magnesium absorption has been reported as a rare cause of symptomatic hypomagnesemia in infants.
41. And oxygen deficiency during the foetal stage may inhibit brain development and size at birth, with or without other defect.
42. Laura was born with a rare heart defect which prevented enough oxygen getting into her blood.
43. The only renal functional abnormality consistently noted in, hyperuricemic patients is a mild defect in concentrating ability.
44. The investigators found no evidence of a defect or malfunction that could have caused the destruction of the aircraft.
45. This is an inadvertent consequence of the peculiar defect structure of the clay.
46. They announced yesterday that their treatment also eliminates the genetic defect in laboratory mice, bred with cystic fibrosis.
47. According to one school of thought, the disease is caused by a genetic defect.
48. It could be that some underlying defect opens the way to both candidiasis and chemical sensitivity.
49. If the product has been assembled, checked or altered, then this may provide an alternative explanation for the defect.
50. The institute found that only 18 percent of card holders defect to competing grocers, compared with 21 percent for card-less shoppers.
51. Born with a kidney defect, he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy.
52. Jeanette Orton from Oxfordshire has already undergone surgery to correct a defect in her right eye.
53. It will be appreciated that the precise nature of the degree or defect in acuity or field of vision is highly individual.
54. The first obstacle is, of course, to show that the defect caused the accident.
55. They are not liable in negligence for the cost of remedial measures caused by a defect in the building's construction. Sentencedict.com
56. Here, the continuing water diuresis may have washed out the medullary concentration gradient and led to a protracted concentrating defect.
57. Any problems with drains should be regarded as a major defect and the details passed on to your solicitor.
58. The pair announced that they had identified a genetic defect in the dopamine system of some alcoholics.
59. This suggests that there is some other deficiency as well in those with chemical sensitivity - perhaps a defect in another enzyme.
60. This membrane defect makes it much easier for toxic substances made by the immune system to enter red cells and kill parasites.
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