1.   Clearly, TAAS has helped draw attention to severe academic deficiencies.

2.   Ferrigno grew up with a severe hearing deficiency as well as a speech impediment.

3.   The children, who are now toddlers, were born with a rare condition called severe combined immune deficiency, or SCID.

4.   The study is to determine whether a placental blood transfusion is as effective as a bone-marrow transplant in fighting severe combined immune deficiency, or SCID.

5.   He was widely blamed for overspending to keep up an appearance of well-being while masking severe deficiencies.

6.   Severe deficiency causes blindness and death.

7.   The latest experiments were conducted on inbred mice that had severe immune deficiency because of a genetic defect that prevented them from manufacturing antibodies in response to infections.

8.   Vegetarians who consume tofu and bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy products risk severe mineral deficiencies.