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101Selenium deficiency — Deficiency of the essential mineral selenium causes Keshan disease, a fatal form of cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) first observed in Keshan province in China and since found elsewhere. According to the National Academy of Sciences,… …
102deficiency disease — noun Date: 1912 a disease (as scurvy) caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and especially a vitamin or mineral …
103deficiency syndrome — improper feeding leading to abnormalities in behaviour, internal anatomy and function, growth and development …
104deficiency disease — Pathol. any illness associated with an insufficient supply of one or more essential dietary constituents. [1910 15] * * * …
105deficiency judgment — Law. a judgment in favor of a creditor who has not satisfied the full amount of a claim against a debtor. * * * …
106Deficiency, alpha-galactosidase A — Fabry disease, a genetic disorder. The enzyme alpha galactosidase A is essential to the metabolism of molecules known as glycosphingolipids. Without the enzyme, glycosphingolipids accumulate in the kidneys, heart, nerves and throughout the body,… …
107Deficiency, glucocerebrosidase — Causes type 1 Gaucher disease, a progressive genetic disease due to an enzyme defect. The enzyme, glucocerebrosidase, is needed to break down the chemical glucocerebroside. The enzyme defect leads to the progressive accumulation of… …
108Deficiency, protein C — Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation of a clot …
109Deficiency, UROD — Lack of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) which is the basic cause of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), the late skin form of porphyria. PCT is a genetic photosensitive (light sensitive) skin disease with onset in adult life with a… …
110Deficiency, uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase — Lack of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) which is the basic cause of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), the late skin form of porphyria. PCT is a genetic photosensitive (light sensitive) skin disease with onset in adult life with a… …
