Definition of immunocompromised in English:
immunocompromised
adjective ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈkɒmprəmʌɪzdɪˌmjuːnəʊˈkɒmprəmʌɪzdˌɪmjənoʊˈkɑmprəmaɪzd
Medicine Having an impaired immune system.
immunocompromised patients
Example sentencesExamples
- The last is particularly common in the elderly and in immunocompromised patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy.
- The populations at risk are neonates, immunocompromised individuals, and patients predisposed by prior surgery or malignacy.
- Immune serum globulin has been used prophylactically and therapeutically against enteroviruses in neonates and immunocompromised patients.
- Immunosuppressed or immunocompromised patients are at higher risk for contracting waterborne infections.
- They rarely cause invasive disease, but can invade and disseminate in immunocompromised patients.
Definition of immunocompromised in US English:
immunocompromised
adjectiveˌimyənōˈkämprəmīzdˌɪmjənoʊˈkɑmprəmaɪzd
Medicine Having an impaired immune system.
immunocompromised patients
Example sentencesExamples
- The populations at risk are neonates, immunocompromised individuals, and patients predisposed by prior surgery or malignacy.
- The last is particularly common in the elderly and in immunocompromised patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy.
- They rarely cause invasive disease, but can invade and disseminate in immunocompromised patients.
- Immunosuppressed or immunocompromised patients are at higher risk for contracting waterborne infections.
- Immune serum globulin has been used prophylactically and therapeutically against enteroviruses in neonates and immunocompromised patients.