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Immunocompromised Host

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Definition: A human or animal whose immunologic mechanism is deficient because of an immunodeficiency disorder or other disease or as the result of the administration of immunosuppressive drugs or radiation.  note category: a physiol state in man or animal; coord IM with disease or physiol state complicating the immunocompromised state (IM with /immunol) or with the immunosuppressive agent (IM with pertinent subh)   
Examples Radiation Chimera 		Other names Immunosuppressed Host; Patients, Immunocompromised; Patient, Immunocompromised; Immunosuppressed Hosts; Immunocompromised Patients; Immunocompromised Hosts; Hosts, Immunosuppressed; Hosts, Immunocompromised; Host, Immunosuppressed; Host, Immunocompromised; Immunocompromised Patient

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