acquired immunity
immunity arising from exposure to antigens.
Origin of acquired immunity
1- Compare natural immunity.
Words Nearby acquired immunity
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How to use acquired immunity in a sentence
Pack a bunch of people with no naturally acquired immunity into one building five days a week, add a child’s complete lack of boundaries and you’ve got disease soup.
Vaccines Mandates Work, But They’re Messy | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 8, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightFor instance, knowing the minimum infectious dose could enable future, yet-to-be-approved challenge trials that try to test vaccine candidates, or determine whether new variants of the virus can dodge naturally acquired immunity.
The U.K. approved the world’s first COVID-19 human challenge trial | Jonathan Lambert | February 18, 2021 | Science NewsHe demonstrated that “there is but one permanent element in natural or acquired immunity, and that is phagocytosis.”
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 | Olga MetchnikoffIn many acute diseases one attack protects the patient, for a time at least, from a second attack—acquired immunity.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesSometimes he had been ill but he had acquired immunity to certain poisonous plants that contained food values.
The Wealth of Echindul | Noel Miller Loomis
Unprotected by hereditary or acquired immunity, he contracted tuberculosis and faded away before our eyes.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow | Saxton PopeIn other words, it has acquired immunity against this particular germ and its toxin.
Preventable Diseases | Woods Hutchinson
British Dictionary definitions for acquired immunity
the immunity produced by exposure of an organism to antigens, which stimulates the production of antibodies
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Scientific definitions for acquired immunity
Immunity that is not inherited. Acquired immunity can be active or passive.♦ Active immunity results from the development of antibodies in response to an antigen, as from exposure to an infectious disease or through vaccination.♦ Passive immunity results from the transmission of antibodies, as from mother to fetus through the placenta or by the injection of antiserum.
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