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ANTIBODY DEFICIENCY DISEASE
Any of a group of disorders associated with a defectiveantibody manufacture due to defects in the B-type lymphocyte system or in T-type lymphocytes; chief manifestation is an heighten susceptibility to infection by different microorganisms.
See: agammaglobulinaemia, hypogammaglobulinaemia, immunodeficiency.
Synonym: antibodydeficiency malady.