immune deficiency

collocation in English

meaningsofimmuneanddeficiency

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immune
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmjuːn/us
/ɪˈmjuːn/
protected against a particular disease by particular substances in ...
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deficiency
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us
/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that ...
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(Definition ofimmuneanddeficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Disseminated histoplasmosis in the acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome : clinical findings, diagnosis and treatment, and review of the literature.
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Epidemiology of acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome in persons aged 50 years or older.
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Frequency of myocarditis, left ventricle dysfunction and ventricular tachycardia in the acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome.
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Individuals with acute infection, cancer, autoimmune disease, primary or secondaryimmunedeficiency and receiving immunosuppressive treatment, were excluded from the study.
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Microscopic examination of a lymph node and the thymus showed features consistent with animmunedeficiencysyndrome.
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I understand however, that although several types of therapy are currently being tried, there is so far no specific treatment for the underlyingimmunedeficiency.
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One of the worst inherited diseases is severe combinedimmunedeficiency.
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Indeed, many died fairly quickly of full-blown acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome.
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In 1986, clotting factor concentrates were heat-treated to deactivate the acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome virus.
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In addition to starvation, long-term medical effects include increases in cancer rates, genetic diseases and acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome.
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There will be a great problem if every death certificate carries acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome as the reason for death.
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There have been no cases of acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome in the regular armed forces.
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Humanimmunedeficiencyvirus rates are stabilising in some parts of the world, but the epidemic is continuing to spread at an alarming rate.
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The number of cases of acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome reported to the communicable disease surveillance centre has doubled in the last 10 months.
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It concerns the 1,200 haemophiliacs who have the humanimmunedeficiencyvirus.
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Patients known to be suffering from acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome will normally be referred to the hospital dental service for dental treatment.
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That concern goes over much of the ground that has been covered in previous debates on humanimmunedeficiencyvirus and acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome.
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And added to those we have the enormous implications of acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome and the money that we have to spend on drug addicts.
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We criminalise drug use not because of the physical risks of humanimmunedeficiencyvirus transmission, but for a series of other good reasons.
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