Definition of Immunodeficiency

1. Noun. Immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced.


Definition of Immunodeficiency

1. Noun. A depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Immunodeficiency

1. Inabillity to mount a normal immune response. Immunodeficiency can be due to a genetic disease or acquired as in aids due to HIV. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immunodeficiency

immunocompromized
immunoconglutinin
immunoconjugate
immunoconjugates
immunocontraception
immunocontraceptive
immunocontraceptives
immunocyte
immunocytes
immunocytoadherence
immunocytochemical
immunocytochemically
immunocytochemistry
immunodeficiencies
immunodeficiency (current term)
immunodeficiency disorders
immunodeficiency syndrome
immunodeficiency with elevated IgM
immunodegradation
immunodepleted
immunodepletion
immunodepletions
immunodepressant
immunodepression
immunodepressor
immunodetection
immunodetections

Literary usage of Immunodeficiency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Human immunodeficiency virus infection in the United States: a review of ... Survival with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: experience with 5833 ..."

2. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"Human immunodeficiency Virus Infections in the Child Care Setting When a person is first infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), ..."

3. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"HIV (human immunodeficiency syndrome) infection and homicides are among the ... ACQUIRED immunodeficiency SYNDROME AIDS surveillance data are maintained by ..."

4. Understanding the Immune System by Lydia Woods Schindler (1991)
"Very rarely, infants are born lacking all the major immune defenses; this is known as severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID). ..."

5. Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data From the 1995 by Joyce C. Abma, A. Chandra, W. Mosher, L. Peterson (1998)
"Human immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Related Behavior The human immunodeficiency virus (HTV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ..."

6. Health Information for International Travel edited by Rosamond R. Dewart (1999)
"Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Description AIDS is a serious disease, first recognized as a distinct syndrome in 1981. ..."

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