defective
121mental defective — noun dated a person with a mental disability …
122mental defective — /mɛntl dəˈfɛktɪv/ (say mentl duh fektiv) noun 1. Psychiatry someone who is mentally deficient. 2. a very stupid person …
123equity corrects a law which is too broad in that particular in which it is defective — A principle or maxim of equity. The Latin form is aequitas est correctio legis generaliter latae, qua parte deficit. Riggs v Palmer, 115 NY 506, 22 NE 188. See equitable construction …
124Defectively — Defective De*fect ive, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d[ e]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber;… …
125Defectiveness — Defective De*fect ive, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d[ e]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber;… …
126dysgenesis — Defective development. [dys + G. genesis, generation] cortical d. SYN: cortical dysplasia. gonadal d. defective gonadal development, varying types and degrees of which have been identified, including gonad …
127deficient — defective, deficient Defective means ‘having a defect (= fault)’, whereas deficient means ‘having a deficiency (or lack)’. So eyesight, components, goods, logic, mechanisms, products, workmanship, etc., can all be defective if they are not… …
128osteodystrophy — Defective formation of bone. SYN: osteodystrophia. [osteo + G. dys, difficult, imperfect, + trophe, nourishment] Albright hereditary o. an inherited form of hyperparathyroidism associated with ectopic …
