immunodeficient
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Related to immunodeficient: immunocompromised, immunodeficiency disease, immune deficiency, congenital immunodeficiency
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. | 1. | 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" |
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immunodépressif
immunodeficient
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