cellular immunity

American  

[sel-yuh-ler-i-myoo-ni-tee] / ˈsɛl yə lər ɪˈmyu nɪ ti /

noun

1. Immunology. Also called cell-mediated immunity. immunity that relies on the action of immune cells, such as T lymphocytes, rather than on the production of antibodies.

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cellular immunity Scientific  

/ sĕl′yə-lər /

1. See cell-mediated immunity

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Other Word Forms

• cellular-immune
  adjective

Example Sentences

Unfortunately, the status of a person’s cellular immunity is more difficult to capture and quantify.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Such a test could make it affordable to gauge cellular immunity in residents of a boarding school, a nursing home or a city, Lo Priore said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Gandhi noted that "the protection from severe disease from prior infection or vaccination is a result of cellular immunity," or an immune response in which the immune system does not use antibodies.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

As my medical colleagues remind me, recovered Covid-19 patients might be expected to have levels of cellular immunity that some vaccines may not trigger.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2020

Because people with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia are deficient in antibody production but not in cellular immunity, their disease was probably due to a deficiency in B-cell development only.

From Nature • Jan. 5, 2015