(n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Example Sentences:
(1) The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies.
(2) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
(3) Congenitally deficient plasmas were used as the substrate for the measurement of procoagulant activities in a one-stage clotting assay.
(4) In contrast, idiopathic GH deficient girls have an onset of puberty and PHV nearer to a normal chronological age and at an early bone age.
(5) The ACTH deficiency recovered spontaneously, with normal cortisol responses to depot Synacthen (greater than 1380 at 6 h) and hypoglycemia (peak, 590) 14 and 18 months postpartum, respectively.
(6) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
(7) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(8) Paired tolbutamide and glucose infusions using a square wave technique demonstrated that although early phase insulin secretion is dimished in the fetus, this is not due to an absolute deficiency of stored insulin.
(9) A significant association between G6PD deficiency and hemoglobin S correlated with previous studies on similar samples from the general population.
(10) We describe 10 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: two had protein S deficiency, one had protein C deficiency, one was in early pregnancy, and there was a single case of each of the following: dural arteriovenous malformation, intracerebral arteriovenous malformation, bilateral glomus tumours, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(11) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(12) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(13) C. parasitica mutant strains deficient in the production of endothiapepsin (eapA-) were constructed using a gene-replacement strategy.
(14) Clinicians should be aware of this new and unusual association of a cerebral glioma and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(15) We have previously reported the isolation of a genomic clone encoding human liver-specific peroxisomal alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT, EC 2.6.1.44), the deficient enzyme in primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) (P. E. Purdue, Y. Takada, and C. J. Danpure, J.
(16) Natural killer (NK) cell activity was assessed in the peripheral blood of 20 patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency due to a hypothalamic deficit of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH).
(17) The results show that of 543 subjects with AA haemoglobin, 106 (19.5%) were G-6-PD deficient and of 93 individuals with AS haemoglobin 13 (14.0%).
(18) Basal plasma levels of oxytocin were found to be low in sodium-deficient adrenalectomized rats and in intact animals treated daily with desoxycorticosterone acetate, both of which groups drank large amounts of NaCl solution, whereas basal plasma levels of arginine vasopressin were neither stimulated nor suppressed.
(19) ACTH also suppressed aldosterone biosynthesis in rats kept on a sodium-deficient diet.
(20) The duodenal mucosa of genotypically normal iron replete and iron deficient mice and mice with sex-linked (sla) and microcytic anemias (mk) was examined for the presence of iron-binding proteins.
Xerophthalmia
Definition:
(n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
Example Sentences:
(1) We measured parasitemia, mortality, serum retinol, liver retinol, spleen weight, and degree of xerophthalmia in vitamin A-deficient rats (A-), pair-fed control rats (A+PF), and ad libitum-fed control rats (A+AL) infected with Plasmodium berghei, a rodent malarial parasite.
(2) Vitamin supplements, especially A, reverse defects associated with xerophthalmia.
(3) Since measles and xerophthalmia have frequently been associated, vitamin A supplementation for measles patients is recommended particularly for malnourished children.
(4) We describe our technique and experience in the prevention of xerophthalmia by organising a distinct entity called a xerophthalmia clinic in our eye camps.
(5) In conclusion, 17 of 23 children with persistent diarrhea had abnormal CIC results, significantly low serum retinol levels, and significantly high RDR results, although they had not yet manifested xerophthalmia.
(6) This ultimately produced nyctalopia, xerophthalmia and keratomalacia with bilateral corneal perforation.
(7) Xerophthalmia is a common complication of vitamin A deficiency in communities where malnutrition is found.
(8) Twenty two cases were studied for early detection of Xerophthalmia by impression cytology and Rose Bengal staining.
(9) All corneal cases in the study were accompanied by diarrhea and malnutrition, indicating xerophthalmia to be symptomatic of the whole spectrum of malnutrition.
(10) Xerostomia and xerophthalmia are common and potentially serious local side effects of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
(11) Risk of xerophthalmia was significantly higher for children from households without any of the indicators of relative wealth used.
(12) Village clustering of xerophthalmia would necessitate a twofold increase in sample size.
(13) A cross-sectional population based study was done to provide information on the extent to which xerophthalmia and trachoma contribute to blindness in the valley population.
(14) The case is described of a 36 years old woman with bilateral xerophthalmia secondary to his diet.
(15) 33 patients with scleroderma, xerostomia and xerophthalmia underwent biopsy of 3 to 5 labial salivary glands.
(16) The concentrations of retinol and of beta-carotene were measured in 742 children, including those with xerophthalmia and every twentieth of the remaining children.
(17) We describe a 67-year-old woman who had aspiration pneumonitis characterized by a nodular infiltrate in the right middle lobe of the lung and nocturnal coughing after beginning topical application of an ointment (Lacri-Lube) for treatment of xerophthalmia.
(18) Evaluation included a specific questionnaire for subjective xerophthalmia and xerostomia, slit-lamp eye examination after rose Bengal staining.
(19) It is suggested that xerophthalmia screening be made an essential component of routine medical check-up in schools with XN (night blindness with or without conjunctival xerosis) and XIB (Bitot's spots) used as criterion for screening to effectuate early detection and treatment of xerophthalmia.
(20) Xerophthalmia is no longer seen in Europe since the 19th century.