acquired_immunity | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine,immunology) immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination | |
Related terms: | unsusceptibility immunity passive_immunity active_immunity | |
Similar spelling: |
acquired_taste acquired_reflex |