Medical term:
premunition
premunition
[pre″mu-nish´un]resistance to infection by the same or closely related pathogen established after an acute infection has become chronic, and lasting as long as the infecting organisms are in the body. adj., adj premu´nitive.
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pre·mu·ni·tion
(pre'mū-nish'ŭn),A state of existing resistance of a host to infection or reinfection with a parasite; used especially in malaria epidemiology.
[L. praemunitio, fortification in advance, fr. prae-, + munio, to fortify]
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premunition
(prē′myo͝o-nĭsh′ən)n.
Relative immunity to severe infection by a particular pathogen as a result of a chronic low-grade infection by the same pathogen.
pre·mune′ (prē-myo͞on′) adj.
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premunition
A protective immune response to a particular pathogen due to chronic infection by the pathogen; it is not used in the working medical parlance.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pre·mu·ni·tion
(prē'myū-nish'ŭn)A state of existing resistance of a host to infection or reinfection with a parasite; used especially in malaria epidemiology.
[L. praemunitio, fortification in advance, fr. prae-, + munio, to fortify]
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