DEFECT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 24

n. De-fe2kt'. Gr., exAei^is. Lat., defect us, defectio (from deficere, to be wanting). Fr., defaut. Ger.,D. An abnormity of structure or failure of function; in teratology, absence of a part by reason of failure of development. [s. 518]