immunocompromised
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, i-ˌmyü-nō-\
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When in the presence of an immunocompromised patient; when toxic drugs or chemicals are being used; or when their own clothes become damaged or stained — as can happen when transporting a bleeding accident victim, for example. — Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, "Melania’s Recent Behavior Is Right Out of Hitchcock," 11 June 2018 Insurers will surely cover an off-label 500k drug with a black box warning for infections in a immunocompromised patient population when an approved drug for the indication exists, right? — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, "Omeros is bullish on its plan for speedy approval of a rare disease drug. Its plan has flaws," 31 May 2018 This is also something to bear in mind if there are immunocompromised people in your home, like someone who’s on chemotherapy or is elderly. — Zahra Barnes, SELF, "Wearing Shoes Indoors: How Many Germs Are We Talking, Exactly?," 10 Apr. 2018 There is an existing shingles vaccine, made by Merck—basically a super-large dose of its live chicken-pox vaccine—but it is not recommended for immunocompromised patients. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, "Why Do We Need Separate Chicken-Pox and Shingles Vaccines?," 25 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immunocompromised.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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