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IMMUNODEFICIENCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("immunodeficiency" is a kind of...):

immunological disorder (a disorder of the immune system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunodeficiency"):

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS (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)

SCID; severe combined immunodeficiency; severe combined immunodeficiency disease (a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life)

Antonym:

immunocompetence (the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen)

Derivation:

immunodeficient (incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mutation of the gene is associated with congenital severe combined immunodeficiency.

(ORAI1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder, wherein unstable chromosomes have a tendency to break and become rearranged, characterized by microcephaly, stunted growth, subnormal mental development, cafe-au-lait spots, and immunodeficiency.

(Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is involved in a form of severe combined immunodeficiency.

(NHEJ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections with medications that target the virus directly, limiting the ability of infected cells to produce new HIV particles.

(Anti-HIV Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug that inhibits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.

(AZT, NCI Dictionary)

A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the cervix in patients who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

(AIDS-Related Cervical Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that arises from the cervix in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

(AIDS-Related Malignant Cervical Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the cervix in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

(AIDS-Related Cervical Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(AIDS, NCI Dictionary)

Mutation of the gene is associated with immunodeficiency with hyper-IgM type 2.

(AICDA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)