immunocompromised
adjEtymology From immuno- + compromised.
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Immunology, Medicine, Sciences Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment.
- 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.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:
- Derived terms
- nonimmunocompromised