agammaglobulinemia

[ey-gam-uh-glob-yuh-luh-nee-mee-uh]

noun Pathology.

a condition of the blood, either congenital or acquired, in which there is near or complete absence of gamma globulin and a failure of the body to form antibodies, resulting in a frequent occurrence of infectious disease.

Origin of agammaglobulinemia

First recorded in 1950–55; a-⁶ + gamma globulin + -emia

Related formsa·gam·ma·glob·u·li·ne·mic, adjective

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agammaglobulinemia in Medicine

agammaglobulinemia

[ā-găm′ə-glŏb′yə-lə-nē′mē-ə]

n.

Congenital or acquired absence of, or extremely low levels of, gamma globulins in the blood.

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