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immunocompromise

noun

Etymology

From immuno- + compromise.

  1. derived from compromissum
  2. derived from compromis
  3. prefixed as immunocompromise — “immuno + compromise”

Definitions

  1. The state of having a compromised immune system.

    • Some types of cancer can lead to immunocompromise.

  2. To cause a compromised immune system.

    • It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for immunocompromise. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA