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51Deficiency payments — In the United States, deficiency payments are direct government payments made to farmers who participated in annual commodity programs for wheat, feed grains, rice, or cotton, prior to 1996. The crop specific deficiency payment rate was based on… …
52Deficiency, fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase — Also known as the Sjogren Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish like skin), spastic paraplegia (spasticity of the legs) and mental… …
53Deficiency, FALDH — Also known as the Sjogren Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish like skin), spastic paraplegia (spasticity of the legs) and mental… …
54Deficiency Letter — A letter, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating a significant deficiency or omission in a registered statement or prospectus. A deficiency letter should be dealt with promptly, and the SEC should be alerted of any… …
55Deficiency (medicine) — In medicine, a deficiency is a lack or shortage of a functional entity, by less than normal or necessary supply or function.[1] Nutrients Main article: Malnutrition Malnutrition can cause various effects by deficiency of one or more nutrients.… …
56Deficiency Agreement — An arrangement in which a party provides a firm with funds to cover any shortfalls arising from capital or cash flow restraints, allowing the company to service its debt. A deficiency agreement will usually have a cumulative limit specified by… …
57Deficiency, adenosine deaminase (ADA) — A genetic (inherited) condition that results in a immune deficiency disorder called severe combined immunodeficiency disease. Adenosine deaminase is an enzyme that plays a key role in salvaging purine molecules. ADA deficiency is of special… …
58Deficiency, GALT — Lack of the enzyme called GALT (galactose 1 phosphate uridyl transferase) which causes the genetic metabolic disease galactosemia, one of the diseases in many newborn screening panels. The disease can be fatal, if undetected. If detected, it can… …
59Deficiency, zinc — According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of zinc are 12 milligrams per day for women and 10 milligrams per day for men. Food sources of zinc include meat including liver, eggs, seafood, nuts and cereal.… …
60Deficiency, ankyrin — Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen), due to deficiency of ankyrin, a protein… …
