immuno-compromisedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

immunocompromised

1. (immunology) Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment.

   Antonym: immunocompetent

   • 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:

     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, and that vaccines offer less protection.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:immunocompromised.

派生語

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動詞

immunocompromised

1. simple past and past participle of immunocompromise