antibody-deficiency syndrome

antibody-deficiency syndrome

[′an·tə‚bäd·ē di′fish·ən·sē ‚sin‚drōm]

(medicine)

Any of the human defects of antibody production, such as hypogammaglobulinemia, agammaglobulinemia, and dysgammaglobulinemia, usually associated with reduced serum concentrations of immunoglobulins.

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