immunodeficiency (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *immunodeficiency*:
NOUN	state	immunodeficiency	immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced

immunodeficiency > pronunciation
Sounds	ih.myuwnowdih.fih'shahnsiy
Rhymes	absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...

English > *immunodeficiency*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced.
Narrower	AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome	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
	severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID	A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes
Broader	immunological disorder	A disorder of the immune system
Opposite	immunocompetence	The ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen
Spanish	inmunodeficiencia, inmunodepresión
Catalan	immunodeficiència
Adjectives	immunodeficient	incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen

HyperDic: immunodeficiency