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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Having a weakened immune system caused by certain diseases or treatments. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: IMMUNOCOMPROMISED |
| Specialty definitions using "IMMUNOCOMPROMISED": Angiomatosis, Bacillary ♦ Patient Isolators, Pneumocystis carinii Infections. (references) |
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This microscopic fungus, seen here using Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA) microscopy, is arguably the most important cause of pneumonia in the immunocompromised host, such as an individual with AIDS. Credit: CDC. | Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive diplococcal organism, usually affecting the debilitated, elderly or the immunocompromised individual, and is often responsible for nosocomial infections acquired during lengthy hospital stays. Credit: CDC. | ||
Pulmonary pneumocystosis, caused by the bacterium Pneumocystis carinii, is a lung infection often found afflicting humans who are immunocompromised due to AIDS, or the use of chemotherapy. Credit: CDC. | P. carinii is the causal agent of a severe pneumonitis, resulting from the proliferation of this fungus in the lungs of immunocompromised patients. Pneumocystis carinii is a major cause of death in AIDS patients. Credit: CDC. | ||
Mucormycosis is a dangerous fungal infection usually occurring in the immunocompromised patient, affecting the regions of the eye, nose, and through its growth and destruction of the periorbital tissues, it will eventually invade the brain cavity. Credit: CDC. | |||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | EAggEC are most common among immunocompromised persons. (references) | |
Defining risk factors for disease in immunocompromised persons. (references) | ||
Most of these infections are asymptomatic except among immunocompromised people. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "IMMUNOCOMPROMISED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "IMMUNOCOMPROMISED" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.91% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "IMMUNOCOMPROMISED": Immunocompromised Host. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "IMMUNOCOMPROMISED": non-immunocompromised. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
immunocompromised | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "IMMUNOCOMPROMISED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | immunsvækket værtsorganisme (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host), immunsvækket patient (immunocompromised patient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | immunologisch verzwakt subject (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | hôte immunocompromis (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | immungeschwächter Wirt (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανοσοκατεσταλμένος ξενιστής (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | ospite immunocompromesso (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | immunocompromiseday hospedeiro imunodeprimido (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) hospedador con inmunidad comprometida (immunocompromised host, immunocompromized host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-i-m-m-m-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-5 letters: incommodious. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 4D 55 4E 4F 43 4F 4D 50 52 4F 4D 49 53 45 44 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01001101 01010101 01001110 01001111 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010010 01001111 01001101 01001001 01010011 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M M U N O C O M P R O M I S E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 004D 0055 004E 004F 0043 004F 004D 0050 0052 004F 004D 0049 0053 0045 0044 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4347475548493749475052494743533938 |
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