acquired immunity
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1. immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | immunity, resistance, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | active immunity, |
| definition | : | a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | passive immunity, |
| definition | : | an impermanent form of acquired immunity in which antibodies against a disease are acquired naturally (as through the placenta to an unborn child) or artificially (as by injection of antiserum) (noun.state) |
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