The phrase "a severe deficit of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant lack or shortage of something, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The study revealed a severe deficit of resources in the underfunded schools."
Alternatives: "a significant lack of" or "a critical shortage of".
By using the optimal conditions found in the previous work, a severe deficit of energy arises in the process.
But Peter Gleick, the chief scientist at the Oakland-based Pacific Institute, told me that one year of heavy precipitation, even a record-breaking one, will not undo the most serious repercussion of the drought: a severe deficit of groundwater.
Recent high resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations have demonstrated a severe deficit of emission at the lowest X-ray temperatures as compared to that expected from simple radiative cooling models.
AA showed markedly impaired ability to distinguish change in an individual's accent despite being able to discriminate phonemes and voices (apperceptive accent agnosia); and in addition, a severe deficit of accent identification.
A severe deficit of Tregs, was reported in DCML deficiency (Bigley et al, 2011).
This is a surprising finding, since we expected a severe deficit of qualified personnel at these facility levels [ 20].
In contrast, the patient with GAA showed substantial preservation of auditory function, but a mild deficit of pitch direction processing and a more severe deficit of auditory apperception.
Determined not to raise taxes in the face of a severe deficit that promises unpopular spending cuts — zoos and firehouses closed, garbage and schoolchildren left behind — Governor George Pataki last week proposed that the city install video slot machines in its Off-Track Betting parlors.
Recently, we showed that when all putative phosphorylation sites are removed from the carboxy tail there is a severe deficit in the deactivation response of mouse melanopsin in HEK cells.
Compared with AT, patients with a severe deficit (n=347) had a lower risk of poor outcome after IVT (adjusted RR 0.88, 0.76-1.01) or IAT (adjusted RR 0.94, 0.86-1.02), whereas outcomes were similar after treatment with IAT or IVT (adjusted RR 1.06, 0.91-1.22).Most patients in the BASICS registry received IAT.
The signs were documented based on the neurological disability score: 0 for no deficit, 1 for a mild deficit, 2 for a moderate deficit, 3 for a severe deficit, and 4 for a complete absence of function or the severest deficit (11).
