Look up: Immunity


  1. immunity
    1. The state of being immune. 2. In plants, the ability to remain free from disease because of inherent structural or functional properties.
    Found op http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_I.htm

  2. Immunity
    A type of resistance to attack; usually considered an acquired state in which an organism is capable of resisting a pest and thus preventing the development of a disease or damage. In animals it induces the production of antibodies. In plants, the ability to remain free from disease because of inh...
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  3. Immunity
    The body`s response to a foreign antigen, either ingested as food, or as part of a foreign organism. There are two major ways the body defends itself; one is by antibody, production, the so called humeral response, as the antibodies circulate in the blood and the fluid between cells. The other is th...
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  4. immunity
    [n] - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease 2. [n] - the quality of being unaffected by something
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  5. immunity
    The ability to resist a disease because the body produces antibodies to it.
    Found op http://www.babycentre.co.uk/glossary/i/

  6. Immunity
    Resistance of the body against external factors.
    Found op http://www.zirtek.co.uk/allergies.php

  7. immunity
    A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20742

  8. Immunity
    Ability to resist infection. The immune response is activated when bacteria or viruses enter the body. Some people have poor immunity, which means they do not have much resistance to infection. This can be because they have a condition which has damaged their immune system (for example AIDS). Or ...
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  9. Immunity
    When your body stops you catching a particular infection
    Found op http://www.makingsenseofhealth.org.uk/default.html?section=Secondary&chapte

  10. Immunity
    resistance to a specific disease because of the responses of the immune system
    Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=I

  11. Immunity
    The resisting power of the body to invading micro-organisms
    Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html

  12. Immunity
    The ability to resist infection and to heal.
    Found op http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGloss2.txt



  1. Immunity
    Immunity: The condition of being immune. Immunity can be innate (for example, humans are innately immune to canine distemper) or conferred by a previous infection or immunization.
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  2. immunity
    A state in which the body responds specifically to antigen and/or in which a protective response is mounted against a pathogenic agent. May be innate or may be induced by infection or vaccination, or by the passive transfer of antibodies of immunocompetent cells.
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  3. Immunity
    Im·mu'ni·ty noun ; plural Immunities . [ Latin immunitas , from immunis free from a public service; prefix im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, confer munus service, duty: confer French immunitÃ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/15

  4. Immunity
    Im·mun'i·ty noun The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/15

  5. immunity
    <immunology> The condition of being immune, the protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunisation or previous infection or by other nonimmunologic factors. ... Origin: L. Immunitas ... (13 Oct 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?immunity

  6. immunity
    noun the quality of being unaffected by something; `immunity to criticism`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=immunity

  7. immunity
    noun (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=immunity

  8. immunity
    (ĭ-mu´nĭ-te) the condition of being immune; the protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunization or previous infection or by other nonimmunologic factors. It encompasses the capacity to distinguish foreign material from self, and to n...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Immunity
    • (a.) Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy. • (a.) Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error. • (n.) The state of ...
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  10. immunity
    (from the article `immune system`) the complex group of defense responses found in humans and other advanced vertebrates that helps repel disease-causing organisms (pathogens). ... ...tests. The effects of an external force (e.g., radiation or a noxious gas) on a germfree animal are easy to distingu...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/11

  11. immunity
    in law, exemption or freedom from liability. In England and the United States a legislator is immune from civil liability for statements made during ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/11

  12. immunity
    (L. immunitas) the condition of being immune; the protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunization or previous infection or by other nonimmunologic factors (innate i.).
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio43.html

  13. Immunity
    [album] Immunity is a solo album by Rupert Hine. Originally released in 1981, re-released and digitally remastered in 2001. The album was dedicated to Liam Byrne. The song "Misplaced Love" features a brief chorus by British singer Marianne Faithfull. ==Track listing== All tracks composed by ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunity_(album)

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