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Deubiquitination

Deubiquitination is the removal of ubiquitin tags from proteins by about 100 human deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) in seven families, mostly cysteine proteases, regulating degradation, DNA repair, immunity, and emerging drug targets.

Deucalion (Δευκαλίων)

Deucalion (Δευκαλίων), Greek flood hero, son of Prometheus, husband of Pyrrha; survived Zeus's deluge in a chest, repopulated earth from stones, father of Hellen; distinct from the Cretan Deucalion, son of Minos.

Deuce (wrestler)

Deuce (James William Reiher Jr., born 1971), son of Jimmy Snuka, is an American wrestler who teamed with Domino as 1950s greasers, won the WWE Tag Team Championship in 2007, and later wrestled as Sim Snuka.

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, also known as European Gigolo, is a 2005 American comedy sequel starring Rob Schneider, who returns as Deuce Bigalow to clear his friend of murder charges in Amsterdam.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 American comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell, in which Rob Schneider's aquarium cleaner becomes a gigolo and earns over $92 million worldwide.

Deuce Knight

Deuce Knight (Justin Cashel Knight, born Dec. 2, 2006) is an American college football quarterback from Lucedale, Mississippi; a five-star 2025 recruit who signed with Auburn, started once, then transferred to Ole Miss in January 2026.

Deuce Vaughn

Deuce Vaughn, American football running back drafted 212th overall by the Dallas Cowboys in 2023 out of Kansas State; at 5'5" and 179 pounds the shortest combine measurement since 2003, son of Cowboys scout Chris Vaughn.

Deuda

Deuda (देउडा) is a folk song-and-dance tradition of western Nepal, sung in a circle by groups exchanging question-and-answer verse, notably at the Gaura festival, and also practiced in India's Kumaon and Garhwal.

Deuilly

Deuilly: medieval lordship in Serécourt, Vosges, France, with a castle built before 1072 and the Benedictine priory Notre-Dame de Deuilly-les-Morizécourt, founded 1044 by Gautier de Deuilly and demolished 1791; home of the lords of Deuilly.

Deulggoch Folk Village

Deulggoch Folk Village (들꽃민속촌) is a privately run folk museum in Yeongwol County, Gangwon, South Korea, founded in 1993 by collector Kwon Jeong-in to display traditional rural artifacts.

Deulia & Kaukipara Mound

Varahamihirer Dhipi, also called Khana-Mihirer Dhipi, is an ASI-protected archaeological mound at Deulia & Kaukipara, North 24 Parganas, part of Chandraketugarh, with Gupta-period brick temple remains excavated 1956-67.

Deuremidevir hydrobromide

Deuremidevir hydrobromide (VV116, JT001; 民得维, Mindvy) is an oral nucleoside analog RdRp inhibitor, a remdesivir/GS-441524 derivative, approved in China and Uzbekistan for mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

Deus

Deus is a 2014 civilization board game by Sébastien Dujardin (Pearl Games) for 2-4 players, 60-90 minutes, combining card-driven engine building, area control, and offerings to the gods; Kennerspiel des Jahres recommended 2015, with a Deus: Egypt expansion.

Deus (film)

Deus (2022), aka Deus: The Dark Sphere, a British sci-fi thriller by Steve Stone starring Claudia Black; the Achilles crew finds a Mars-orbit sphere broadcasting 'God' in every language. Low ratings (IMDb 4.4), $11,997 box office.

Deus Ex

Deus Ex: cyberpunk immersive sim RPG franchise begun by Ion Storm Austin in 2000 under Warren Spector; later entries by Eidos-Montréal (Human Revolution, Mankind Divided); owned by Embracer since 2022, new game cancelled 2024-2026.

Deus Ex (video game)

Deus Ex (2000) is Ion Storm Austin's cyberpunk immersive sim directed by Warren Spector, published by Eidos Interactive on June 23, 2000; it blends RPG, FPS, and adventure design, won multiple year-end awards, and spawned a franchise.

Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina, Latin for "god from the machine" (Greek theos ek mechanes), is a plot device from ancient Greek theater where a crane lowered a god onstage to resolve the plot; now any contrived, unforeshadowed ending.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a 2011 cyberpunk action RPG by Eidos-Montréal, a prequel set in 2027 starring augmented security chief Adam Jensen of Sarif Industries; praised (Metacritic 89) for player choice, criticized for boss fights; Director's Cut followed in 2013.

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Deus Ex: Invisible War (Deus Ex 2) is Ion Storm's 2003 first-person action RPG sequel to Deus Ex, set in 2072 with Alex D., biomods, rival factions, and a criticized universal ammo system.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an action role-playing game released by Square Enix in August 2016, the fourth Deus Ex game and sequel to Human Revolution.

Deus Ex: The Fall

Deus Ex: The Fall, a 2013 story-driven action-RPG by N-Fusion and Eidos-Montréal, the first mobile Deus Ex; prequel to Human Revolution starring Ben Saxon; iOS Metascore 69, PC port 45, delisted on mobile.

Deus vult

Deus vult, also recorded as Deus lo volt, is Latin for "God wills it," the acclamation shouted after Pope Urban II preached the First Crusade at Clermont in 1095.

Deusdedit

Deusdedit, also called Adeodatus and born Frithona, was a West Saxon who served as the sixth Archbishop of Canterbury from 655 until his death in 664.

Deusdedit or Adeodatus I

Deusdedit or Adeodatus I, two forms of one name, was the 68th pope, reigning from 615 to 618, a Roman who supported the clergy through plague and earthquake and is honored as a saint.

Deusmar de Queiros

Deusmar de Queirós, full name Francisco Deusmar de Queirós, is a Brazilian businessman who founded Pague Menos, a Fortaleza pharmacy chain that grew into one of Brazil's largest.

Deutenzalutamide soft capsules

Deutenzalutamide soft capsules (氘恩扎鲁胺软胶囊, Haina'an, HC-1119) are Hinova Pharmaceuticals' deuterated enzalutamide analog, an androgen receptor inhibitor approved in China in May 2025 for mCRPC after abiraterone and chemotherapy, dosed 80 mg daily.

Deuterated chloroform

Deuterated chloroform, also called chloroform-d, is the isotopologue of chloroform in which hydrogen is replaced with deuterium, and the most widely used solvent for proton NMR spectroscopy of organic compounds.

Deuterium

Deuterium, also known as heavy hydrogen or hydrogen-2, is a stable isotope of hydrogen containing one proton and one neutron. Discovered by Harold Urey in 1931, it is used in heavy water reactors and fusion research.

Deuterium burning

Deuterium burning is the fusion of deuterium with a proton to form helium-3, igniting at roughly 13 Jupiter masses, the conventional brown dwarf and giant planet dividing line.

Deuterium excess

Deuterium excess, or d-excess, is a parameter in stable water isotope analysis, defined by Dansgaard in 1964, that measures deviation from the global meteoric water line.