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deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase See deficiency, G6PD.

deficiency, glucocerebrosidase See Gaucher disease.

deficiency, G6PD Deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the most common enzyme defect of medical importance. The frequency of G6PD deficiency is increased in blacks and people of Mediterranean origin (including Italians, Greeks, Arabs, and Jews). Persons with this enzyme deficiency can develop anemia due to the breakup of their red blood cells when…

deficiency, ceruloplasmin See ceruloplasmin deficiency.

deficiency, calcium See calcium deficiency.

deficiency, ankyrin See spherocytosis, hereditary.

deficiency, alpha-1 antitrypsin See alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

deficiency, adenosine deaminase See adenosine deaminase deficiency.

defibrillator, implantable cardiac See cardiac defibrillator, implantable.

defibrillator A device that corrects an abnormal heart rhythm by delivering electrical shocks to restore a normal heartbeat.

defibrillation The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to normalize the rhythm of the heart or restart it.

defect, ventricular septal See ventricular septal defect.