im·mu·no·de·fi·cien·cy ( m y -n -d-fsh n-s , -my -)n. pl. im·mu·no·de·fi·cien·cies An innate, acquired, or induced inability to develop a normal immune response. im mu·no·de·ficient adj. |
immunodeficiency [ˌimjʊnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənsɪ]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a deficiency in or breakdown of a person's immune system
| immunodeficiency (my-n-d-fshn-s, -my-) The inability to produce a normal immune response, caused by an acquired or inherited disease. |
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| Noun | 1. | immunodeficiency - immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced immunological disorder - a disorder of the immune system acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS - a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles agammaglobulinemia - a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection hypogammaglobulinemia - an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease - a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life immunocompetence - the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen |
Translations
immunodeficiency
n (Med) → Immunschwäche f
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