immunodeficiency

Noun
  1. Immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced (synset 113997764)
    is a type of: immunological disorder - a disorder of the immune system
    subtypes:
    • 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

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