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immunodeficiency

im·mu·no·de·fi·cien·cy
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [im-yuh-noh-di-fish-uh n-see, ih-myoo-]
    • /ˌɪm yə noʊ dɪˈfɪʃ ən si, ɪˌmyu-/
    • /ˌɪm.jʊ.nəʊ.dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [im-yuh-noh-di-fish-uh n-see, ih-myoo-]
    • /ˌɪm yə noʊ dɪˈfɪʃ ən si, ɪˌmyu-/

Definitions of immunodeficiency word

  • noun plural immunodeficiency impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies. 1
  • noun immunodeficiency Failure of the immune system to protect the body adequately from infection, due to the absence or insufficiency of some component process or substance. 1
  • noun immunodeficiency inadequate immune response 1
  • uncountable noun immunodeficiency Immunodeficiency is a weakness in a person's immune system or the failure of a person's immune system. 0
  • noun immunodeficiency a deficiency in or breakdown of a person's immune system 0
  • noun immunodeficiency a condition in which the ability of the immune system to produce antibodies is impaired 0
See all 7 definitions of immunodeficiency

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Origin of immunodeficiency

First appearance:

before 1970
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1970-75; immuno- + deficiency

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Parts of speech for Immunodeficiency

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immunodeficiency popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • acquired immune deficiency syndrome

    Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is the same as AIDS.

  • aids virus

    a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.

  • human immunodeficiency virus

    See under AIDS virus. Abbreviation: HIV.

  • severe combined immune deficiency

    a group of rare congenital disorders in which both cell-mediated and humoral immunity are lacking, causing susceptibility to a wide variety of illnesses and an inability to live in a normal environment. Abbreviation: SCID.
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