cellular immunodeficiency

cellular immunodeficiency definition - medical

cellular immunodeficiency

noun
Any of a group of disorders associated with recurrent bacterial, fungal, protozoal, and viral infections and characterized by atrophy of the thymus gland, depressed cell-mediated immunity, and defective humoral immunity. Also called Nezelof type of thymic alymphoplasia.

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