immunodeficiency

English

Etymology

From immuno- +‎ deficiency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌmjuːnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənsi/

Noun

immunodeficiency (countable and uncountable, plural immunodeficiencies)

1. A depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it.

   Synonyms: immunocompromise (noun), immunosuppression

   Antonyms: immunocompetence, immunocompetency

Derived terms

• acquired immune deficiency syndrome/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
• gay-related immunodeficiency
• human immunodeficiency virus 1
• human immunodeficiency virus 2
• human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• primary immunodeficiency
• secondary immunodeficiency
• severe combined immunodeficiency
• simian immunodeficiency virus

 

Related terms

• immunocompetent
• immunocompromised
• immunodeficient
• immunosuppressed

 

Translations

A depletion in the body's natural immune system

• Basque: immunoeskasia
• Belarusian: імунадэфіцы́т m (imunadeficýt)
• Catalan: immunodeficiència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 免疫缺陷 (miǎnyì quēxiàn)

• Danish: immundefekt c
• Dutch: immuundeficiëntie (nl) f
• Finnish: immuunivaje, immuunipuutos
• French: immunodéficience (fr) f
• German: Immundefekt m
• Hungarian: immunhiány (hu)
• Italian: immunodeficienza (it) f
• Portuguese: imunodeficiência f
• Romanian: imunodeficiență f
• Russian: иммунодефици́т (ru) m (immunodeficít)
• Slovak: imunodeficiencia f
• Spanish: inmunodeficiencia f
• Swedish: immunbrist (sv) c, immundefekt ?, immunsvaghet ?
• Thai: ภูมิคุ้มกันบกพร่อง (puum-kúm-gan-bòk-prɔ̂ng)
• Ukrainian: імунодефіци́т m (imunodeficýt)