inmunodeficiencia

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish inmuno-

Latin dēficiens

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin dēficientialbor.

Spanish deficiencia

Spanish inmunodeficiencia

From inmuno- + deficiencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /immunodefiˈθjenθja/ [ĩm.mu.no.ð̞e.fiˈθjẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /immunodefiˈsjensja/ [ĩm.mu.no.ð̞e.fiˈsjẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: in‧mu‧no‧de‧fi‧cien‧cia

Noun

inmunodeficiencia f (plural inmunodeficiencias)

1. immunodeficiency

Derived terms

• síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida
• virus de inmunodeficiencia humana

Further reading

• “inmunodeficiencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025