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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The addition of what is lacking; specifically, in medicine, the filling up of a deficiency caused by loss of substance, as in wounds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The replenishment of a deficiency
  • noun biochemistry An intermediate enzyme reaction that replaces a depleted vital compound

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