Meanings
plural immunodeficiencies · alternative immuno-deficiency · alternative immune deficiency
- countableuncountableA depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it.
Synonyms: immunocompromise, immunosuppression · Antonyms: immunocompetence, immunocompetency
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it.
More synonyms by meaning
nounimmunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
- Proto-Italic*moinos
- Latinmūnus
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinin- -is
- Latinimmūnis
- Middle Frenchimmun
- Englishimmune
- Englishimmuno-
- Englishdeficiency
- Englishimmunodeficiency
From immuno- + deficiency.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque immunoeskasia
- immunoeskasiaA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Catalan immunodeficiència
- immunodeficiènciaA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Chinese Mandarin 免疫缺陷
- 免疫缺陷 (miǎnyì quēxiàn)A depletion in the body's natural immune system
Danish immundefekt
- immundefektA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Dutch immuundeficiëntie
- immuundeficiëntieA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Finnish immuunivaje, immuunipuutos
- immuunivajeA depletion in the body's natural immune system
- immuunipuutosA depletion in the body's natural immune system
French immunodéficience
- immunodéficienceA depletion in the body's natural immune system
German Immundefekt
- ImmundefektA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Hungarian immunhiány
- immunhiányA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Italian immunodeficienza
- immunodeficienzaA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Polish upośledzenie odporności, niedobór odporności
- upośledzenie odpornościA depletion in the body's natural immune system
- niedobór odpornościA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Portuguese imunodeficiência
- imunodeficiênciaA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Romanian imunodeficiență
- imunodeficiențăA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Russian иммунодефици́т
- иммунодефици́т (immunodeficít)A depletion in the body's natural immune system
Slovak imunodeficiencia
- imunodeficienciaA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Spanish inmunodeficiencia
- inmunodeficienciaA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Swedish immunbrist, immundefekt
- immunbristA depletion in the body's natural immune system
- immundefektA depletion in the body's natural immune system
- immunsvaghetA depletion in the body's natural immune system
Thai ภูมิคุ้มกันบกพร่อง
- ภูมิคุ้มกันบกพร่อง (puum-kúm-gan-bòk-prɔ̂ng)A depletion in the body's natural immune system
Ukrainian імунодефіци́т
- імунодефіци́т (imunodeficýt)A depletion in the body's natural immune system
Cite this entry
immunodeficiency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunodeficiency
“immunodeficiency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunodeficiency. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunodeficiency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunodeficiency.
Source: immunodeficiency on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.