active immunity

American  

noun

Immunology.

1. immunity in an organism resulting from its own production of antibody or lymphocytes.

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active immunity Scientific  

1. See under acquired immunity

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Etymology

Origin of active immunity

First recorded in 1910–15

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How does active-immunity compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• active immunity vs. passive immunity

Example Sentences

Antibodies produced in the mother’s body are passed to the infant via active immunity through breast milk.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Artificially acquired active immunity involves the use of vaccines.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The production of antibodies by plasma cells in response to an antigen is called active immunity and describes the host’s active response of the immune system to an infection or to a vaccination.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Dr. Stokes is planning experiments to see whether a throat spray containing a virus of a disease such as mumps, given soon after injections of gamma globulin, can produce active immunity against the disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the chief methods used in producing active immunity the first is by inoculation with bacteria whose virulence has been diminished, i.e. with an "attenuated virus."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various