immunodeficient
Lacking immune protection
Immunodeficient describes a state where the immune system is weakened or impaired, unable to fight infections and diseases effectively.
The condition may be inherited or acquired—HIV/AIDS being the most widely known acquired form.
Immunodeficient patients must take precautions against common infections that healthy people easily resist.
Immune deficiency syndrome
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
- lymphomaCancer from immune cells
- neutropeniaInsufficient neutrophils in blood
Open to attack
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- weakenedMade less capable
defenseless · unprotected · fragile · debilitated · exposed · endangered · precarious · depleted
Reduced bodily defense activation
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
antibodies · immunoglobulin · bone marrow · thymus · white blood cells · viral load · prophylaxis · antiretroviral
AIDS
Immune deficiency syndrome
vulnerable
Open to attack
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
weakened · defenseless · unprotected · fragile · debilitated · exposed · endangered · precarious · depleted · impaired
immunosuppression
Reduced bodily defense activation
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
lymphocytes · antibodies · immunoglobulin · bone marrow · thymus · white blood cells · viral load · prophylaxis · antiretroviral · immunotherapy
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
- human immunodeficiency virusRetrovirus causing AIDS