immunocompromised
adjective
im·mu·no·com·pro·mised
| \ ˌi-myə-nō-ˈkäm-prə-ˌmīzd
, i-ˌmyü-nō-\
, i-ˌmyü-nō-\
Definition of immunocompromised
: having the immune system impaired or weakened (as by drugs or illness)
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Luckily, their venom is not among the most potent, and bites are rarely deadly; children, the elderly, and immunocompromised people are most at risk. — National Geographic, "Copperheads," 22 July 2019 There would be a cost to their destruction—without these cells, patients can’t generate proper antibody responses, and so become immunocompromised—but patients could be kept alive with transfusions of antibodies. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immunocompromised.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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