However, these relative deficiencies were compensated for by aerodynamic refinements in addition to well-balanced flight controls, so that the fighter's agility and maximum speed were not compromised.

The pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes involves, in part, a "relative" deficiency of insulin.

In developed countries vitamin A may also have a role in those with life threatening infections such as measles and those who may have a relative deficiency, such as premature infants.

Other groups with possible relative deficiency would be those with malabsorption and acute or chronic infection.

He thinks that the magic ingredient is silicon: a relative deficiency of silicon in soft water lets aluminium concentrations build up, especially under the conditions produced by acid rain.

He said an estimated 10 percent to 20 percent of hip fractures can be attributed to cigarette smoking, reflecting in part the relative deficiency of estrogen in women who smoke.

Sodium is at least 13 times less abundant around Ganymede than around Europa, possibly because of a relative deficiency at the surface or because the magnetosphere fends off energetic particles.

This relative deficiency is made up by the addition of auxiliaries or suffixes both in the classical language and in the modern dialects.

Because of a relative deficiency of estrogen, women who smoke enter menopause earlier, are more likely to develop osteoporosis and have a lower than average risk of developing cancer of the endometrium.

Antioxidant capacity in preterm infants is also compromised by relative deficiencies of selenium and taurine, as well as reduced ability to synthesize sufficient glutathione [ 26].