immunodepressed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

immuno- +‎ depressed

Adjective[edit]

immunodepressed (comparative more immunodepressed, superlative most immunodepressed)

  1. Afflicted with immunodepression
    • 2015 December 1, “Ecological Niche Modelling Predicts Southward Expansion of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) flaviscutellata (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), Vector of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in South America, under Climate Change”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      This clinical form is rare, with chronic development, where the immunodepressed patient shows frequent relapses and insufficient responses to available therapies.