different between deficiency vs keratomalacia

English

From deficit +? -ency. Compare Latin d?ficientia.

deficiency (countable and uncountable, plural deficiencies)

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
(geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
(geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

kerato- +? malacia

keratomalacia (uncountable)

An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.

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