immunodeficiency

[ US /ˌɪmjunoʊˌdɪˈfɪʃənsi/ ]
[ UK /ɪmjˈuːnə‍ʊdfˌɪʃənsi/ ]
NOUN
  1. immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
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How To Use immunodeficiency In A Sentence

  • The objectives of Dr. Kang´s current research are to determine the long-term phenotypic and genetic effects of anti-retroviral drugs on human oral epithelial cells in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Health News from Medical News Today
  • A virus identified in apes living in forests south of the Sanaga River is the closestfound to the human immunodeficiency virus. Balloon Juice » 2006 » May
  • The polymerase chain reaction assay, branched DNA assay and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay quantitate human immunodeficiency virus RNA levels.
  • More than two decades later, a collaborative effort between NIH and the private sector allowed NIH researchers to rescue AZT after they discovered that it was effective against an entirely different health threat: the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS. Margaret Anderson: Patients Need Discoveries Translated to New Therapies
  • ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease
  • Although acupuncture has been promoted as a safe therapy, significant infections have occurred, including human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis, as a result of the use of unsterilized needles.
  • Virus production was identified in lymphocytes from patients with enlarged lymph nodes in early stages of acquired immunodeficiency, and in blood from patients with late stage disease. The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release
  • Kim E. Nichols, MD is studying the signaling mechanisms that regulate the activation of lymphocytes and macrophages types of white blood cells involved in many disease processes, including cancer, the lymphohistiocytoses, autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiency. Pediatric cancer research
  • These include, but are not limited to, congenital X-linked agammaglobulinemia, common variable immunodeficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, and severe combined immunodeficiencies. BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories
  • VATICAN CITY, Nov 30 Reuters - The Vatican on Tuesday blamed the spread of AIDS on an "immunodeficiency" of moral values among other factors and called for education, abstinence and greater access to drugs to fight the disease. Archive 2004-11-01
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