HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypogammaglobulinemia mean? 

• HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA has 1 sense:

1. an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection

  Familiarity information: HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypogammaglobulinemia" is a kind of...):

immunodeficiency (immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced)

 Context examples 

Mutations in this gene have been associated with WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis) syndrome.

(CXCR4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Heterogeneous group of immunodeficiency syndromes characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia of most isotypes, variable B-cell defects, and the presence of recurrent bacterial infections.

(Common Variable Immunodeficiency, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)