immunocompromise

English

Etymology

From immuno- +‎ compromise.

Noun

immunocompromise (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.

   Synonyms: immunodeficiency, immunosuppression

   Antonyms: immunocompetence, immunocompetency, immunocapability

   • 2003, Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, Ada M. Lindsey, Claudia M. West, Pathophysiological Phenomena in Nursing‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Some types of cancer can lead to immunocompromise.

Related terms

• immunocompetent
• immunocompromised
• immunodeficient
• immunopotential
• immunoresponse
• immunosuppressed

Verb

immunocompromise (third-person singular simple present immunocompromises, present participle immunocompromising, simple past and past participle immunocompromised)

1. (medicine, transitive) To cause a compromised immune system.

   Synonym: immunosuppress

   • 2013, Robert H. Rubin, Lowell S. Young, Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host‎^[2], →ISBN, page 275:

     It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.