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Definition of Immunocompetent
1. Adjective. Capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen. "Immunocompetent cells"
Definition of Immunocompetent
1. Adjective. Having a functioning immune system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immunocompetent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Immunocompetent
1. Able to recognise and act against invading antigens. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immunocompetent
Literary usage of Immunocompetent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"HR9 = immunocompetent institutionalized persons aged >50 yr and immunocompetent
persons with certain medical conditions, including chronic cardiac or ..."
2. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"support the protective value of pneumococcal vaccine, with estimates of 60-70%
efficacy reported in immunocompetent recipients.17"20 Other studies, ..."
3. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"Immunodeficient persons may be hospitalized; immunocompetent persons may not seek
medical attention. Less than 2 percent of samples sub- ..."
4. Report of the Surgeon Generals Workshop on Children With HIV Infection And edited by Benjamin K. Silverman, Anthony Waddell (1987)
"HIV infection of immunocompetent cells may result in immunodeficiency by several
mechanisms. Following infection, syncytia formation and fusion of cells ..."
5. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention Into Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"There is good evidence to include vaccination in the periodic health examination
of immunocompetent elderly people living in institutions and patients with ..."
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