| deficiency, selenium | 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, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of selenium are 70 milligrams per day for men and 55 milligrams per day for women. Food sources of selenium include seafoods, some meats such as kidney and liver, and some grains and seeds. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| deficiency, zinc | Deficiency of zinc is associated with short stature, anaemia, increased pigmentation of skin (hyperpigmentation), enlarged liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly), impaired gonadal function (hypogonadism), impaired wound healing, and immune deficiency. (For a genetic disorder that impairs zinc uptake, please see Acrodermatitis enteropathica). 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| deficient | Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. "The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety." (Macaulay) Deficient number. <mathematics> See Abundant. Defi"cient-ly. Origin: L. Deficiens, -entis, p. Pr. Of deficere to be wanting. See Defect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| deficit | A lack or deficiency. (18 Nov 1997) |
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(Also known as a deletion.) A chromosome aberration in which the DNA encoding a portion of two or more genes is missing from the chromosome. Single gene or intragenic deletions are treated as alleles in the Drosophila melanogaster nomenclature.
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When lawmakers commit to spend more than the federal government receives in revenues, the difference is borrowed and becomes that year's deficit. There is a crucial distinction between the national deficit and the national debt: when the deficit goes down in a given year, it merely means lawmakers are borrowing less. Each year's deficit gets added to the national debt, which currently stands at roughly $5 trillion.
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Disease resulting from a lack of vitamins or minerals in the diet or a failure to absorb vitamins or minerals from food. [Encarta]
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Additional tax liability that the IRS deems to be owed by a taxpayer.
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Any inadequacy or shortage of substances essential to growth and development of plants. Lacking in some quality, faculty, or characteristic necessary for completeness.
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