immunodeficient

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im·mu·no·de·fi·cien·cy

(ĭm′yə-nō-dĭ-fĭsh′ən-sē, ĭ-myo͞o′-)

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·fi′cient adj.

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immunodeficient

(ˌɪmjʊnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənt)

adj

(Medicine) (of a person's immune system) having a deficiency

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Adj.

immunodeficient - incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen; "immunodeficient rodents"

immunocompetent - capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen; "immunocompetent cells"

Translations

immunodépressif

immunodeficient

adj inmunodeficiente

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