Agammaglobulinemia


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

agammaglobulinemia a·gam·ma·glob·u·lin·e·mi·a (ā-gām’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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