Meaning | immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Opposite | immunocompetence | The ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen |
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Spanish | inmunodeficiencia, inmunodepresión |
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Catalan | immunodeficiència |
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Adjectives | immunodeficient | incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen |
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