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immunodeficient

Definitions

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  • adjective exhibiting immunodeficiency

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  • adjective incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen

Etymologies

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immuno- +‎ deficient

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Examples

  • This is quite interesting, as a fair number of models of immunodeficient mice exist, which are typically raised in quite sterile conditions.

    No metazoan is an island - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • It's not "cute" to keep a bald, immunodeficient guinea pig bred as a lab animal as a pet!

    Mutant update amuchmoreexotic 2007

  • It's not "cute" to keep a bald, immunodeficient guinea pig bred as a lab animal as a pet!

    amuchmoreexotic: Mutant update amuchmoreexotic 2007

  • And there are some severely immunodeficient mouse strains in which even some human cancers can grow.

    You *can* teach an old dog new tricks - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Antiretroviral drugs to control HIV and antimicrobials to control secondary infections can prolong life, but eventually the immune system becomes so damaged that patients are considered immunodeficient and death usually follows in a few years.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • They then tested the functionality of the cultured platelets by infusing them into immunodeficient mouse models and confirmed that they had the same life span as human platelets infused in mice.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • On the basis of these evidences, we examined the therapeutic efficacy of hMADS cells for fracture healing in an immunodeficient rat femur non-union fracture model.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Taro Shoji 2010

  • Notably, the antiangiogenic effect of bevacizumab (anti-VEGF antibody) requires normalization of VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 levels in human squamous-cell carcinomas vascularized with human blood vessels in immunodeficient mice.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Z Zhang 2010

  • DNCD3 splenic cells from young NOD mice (1) provided long-lasting protection against diabetes transfer in NOD/Scid immunodeficient mice, (2) proliferated and differentiated in the spleen and pancreas of NOD/Scid mice and pre-diabetic NOD mice into IL-10-secreting T

    Elites TV 2010

  • O'Brien CA, Pollett A, Gallinger S, Dick JE (2007) A human colon cancer cell capable of initiating tumour growth in immunodeficient mice.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ara Parlakian et al. 2010

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