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immunocompromized

immunocompromized is the alternative spelling of immunocompromised.

Meaning of immunocompromised

Adjective

immunocompromised

  1. 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

Questions about immunocompromized

What is immunocompromized the alternative spelling of?
Immunocompromized is the alternative spelling of immunocompromised.

Words near immunocompromized in the dictionary

  1. immunocompromise
  2. immunocompromised
  3. immunocompromises
  4. immunocompromising
  5. immunocompromization
  6. immunocompromized
  7. immunoconcordant
  8. immunoconfocal
  9. immunoconformational
  10. immunoconjugate
  11. immunoconjugates

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