Primary immune disorder

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An innate, acquired, or induced inability to develop a normal immune response.

immu·no·de·ficient adj.

immunodeficiency [ˌimjʊnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənsɪ]

(Medicine / Pathology) a deficiency in or breakdown of a person's immune system

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The inability to produce a normal immune response, caused by an acquired or inherited disease.

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Noun

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 [ɪˌmjuːnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənsɪ] N → inmunodeficiencia f

immunodeficiency

n (Med) → Immunschwäche f

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acquired immune deficiency syndrome Ada ADA-SCID adenosine deaminase agammaglobulinemia AIDS enzyme HIV human immunodeficiency virus hypogammaglobulinemia immune response immunocompetence immunocompromised immunological disorder infection lentivirus monogenic disease monogenic disorder pneumocystis	The need to evaluate immune function has moved from the concern of specialists caring for the rare patient with primary immune disorders to an issue for nonspecialized clinicians, resulting at least in part from the emergence of HIV infection. Evaluation of suspected immunodeficiency. (Cover Story) by Fleisher, Thomas A. / Medical Laboratory Observer The contract will help provide a reliable, secure supply of plasma for ZLB Behring's life-saving therapies for the treatment of primary immune disorders, hemophilia, von Willebrand disease and other life-threatening conditions. ZLB Behring Signs Major Plasma Acquisition Contract with Blood ... by Business Wire A leading producer of plasma derived therapies, Alpha collects plasma from donors across the United States and processes it into a variety of products to treat life-threatening conditions, including intravenous immune globulin for primary immune disorders, coagulation factors for hemophilia, and albumin for shock and trauma. Alpha Therapeutic Obtains Patent on Testing Method for Plasma ... by Business Wire	primary care provider primary cell primary censorship primary coil primary color primary color for light primary color for pigments primary colors primary colour primary colour for light primary colour for pigments primary consumer primary control officer primary control ship primary dentition primary dysmenorrhea primary education primary effect primary election primary feather primary flight control primary growth primary health care primary imagery dissemination primary imagery dissemination system Primary immune disorder primary interest Primary meeting primary meristem primary mirror Primary pinna Primary planets primary processes primary products primary qualities Primary qualities of bodies primary quill Primary quills primary review authority Primary rocks primary root Primary salt primary school primary sector primary sex character primary sex characteristic primary sexual characteristic primary solid solution primary source primary stress primary structure	primary hyperoxaluria and oxalosis Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 Primary Hyperoxaluria Type I Primary hyperparathyroidism Primary hyperparathyroidism Primary Hyperphosphatemic Tumoral Calcinosis Primary hypersomnia Primary hypersomnia Primary hypersomnia primary hypertension primary hypertension Primary hyperuricemia syndrome Primary hyperuricemia syndrome primary hypoadrenocorticism primary hypoadrenocorticism primary hypoadrenocorticism Primary Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Primary Hypomagnesemia with Secondary Hypocalcemia primary hypothermia primary hypothyroidism primary hypothyroidism primary hypothyroidism Primary Idiopathic Optic Neuritis Primary Image Capture Transformation Element primary imagery dissemination primary imagery dissemination system primary immune anemia primary immune anemia primary immune anemia Primary Immune Deficiency Disease Primary immune disorder primary immune response primary immune response primary immune response primary immune response Primary immune system white blood cell Primary immunodeficiency Primary Immunodeficiency Association Primary Immunodeficiency Association of Ireland Primary Immunodeficiency Disease Primary Immunodeficiency Network of South Africa Primary Immunodeficiency Organization primary impact crater primary impression primary impression primary impression primary impression primary impression primary index primary index Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act Primary Industries and Resources South Africa Primary Industries and Resources South Australia Primary Industries Health Committee Primary Industries Innovation Centre Primary Industries Ministerial Council Primary Industries Training Advisory Council Primary Industries Training Council Primary Industry Bank of Australia Primary Industry Market Indicator primary infection

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acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Ada
ADA-SCID
adenosine deaminase
agammaglobulinemia
AIDS
enzyme
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
hypogammaglobulinemia
immune response
immunocompetence
immunocompromised
immunological disorder
infection
lentivirus
monogenic disease
monogenic disorder
pneumocystis

The need to evaluate immune function has moved from the concern of specialists caring for the rare patient with primary immune disorders to an issue for nonspecialized clinicians, resulting at least in part from the emergence of HIV infection.

Evaluation of suspected immunodeficiency. (Cover Story) by Fleisher, Thomas A. / Medical Laboratory Observer

The contract will help provide a reliable, secure supply of plasma for ZLB Behring's life-saving therapies for the treatment of primary immune disorders, hemophilia, von Willebrand disease and other life-threatening conditions.

ZLB Behring Signs Major Plasma Acquisition Contract with Blood ... by Business Wire

A leading producer of plasma derived therapies, Alpha collects plasma from donors across the United States and processes it into a variety of products to treat life-threatening conditions, including intravenous immune globulin for primary immune disorders, coagulation factors for hemophilia, and albumin for shock and trauma.

Alpha Therapeutic Obtains Patent on Testing Method for Plasma ... by Business Wire

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