immunocompromised
immunocompromised adjective: having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment. Also the simple past and past participle of immunocompromise.
Adjective
immunocompromised
- Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment.
- More than seven million adults in the United States, or about 3 percent, are characterized by health professionals as immunocompromised because of a disease, medication or other treatment that weakens their body’s immune response, meaning that diseases such as Covid-19 can be more deadly to them...2022 February 17, Amanda Morris and Maggie Astor, “Vulnerable to the Virus, High-Risk Americans Feel Pain as the U.S. Moves On”, in The New York Times
- Antonyms:
- immunocompetent
Also used as
immunocompromised is also the simple past and past participle of immunocompromise.
Antonyms of immunocompromised
Origin of immunocompromised
From immuno- + compromised.
Words formed from immunocompromised
Questions about immunocompromised
- What does immunocompromised mean?
- Immunocompromised means having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment.
- What part of speech is immunocompromised?
- Immunocompromised is an adjective.
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