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premunize, v. Med.|ˈpriːmjuːnaɪz| [f. premunition + -ize, after immunize, as anglicization of F. prémunir (E. Sergent et al. 1924, in Bull. de la Soc. de Path. exotique XVII. 37).] trans. To introduce pathogens into (a host) so as to produce premunition. Hence ˈpremunized, ˈpremunizing ppl. adjs.
1925E. Sergent et al. in Trans. R. Soc. Tropical Med. XVIII. 384 We ask our British colleagues to..consider whether it is possible to give currency to the verb ‘to premunize’ and to Anglicize the word ‘premunition’. 1934T. W. M. Cameron Internal Parasites of Domestic Animals ii. 45 Immune animals..are premunized and may act as carriers. 1938Proc. R. Soc. Med. XXXI. 1301 When a premunized host is superinfected..little apparent effect is produced. 1963E. Sergent in P. C. C. Garnham et al. Immunity to Protozoa iii. 44 A typical example of a premunizing vaccine is the antitubercular vaccine, BCG. 1975Tropical Animal Health & Production VII. 125 Twenty-five cattle..were premunised with virulent Babesia bigemina. Ibid., The results of haematological and serological immune responses of premunised cattle..are reported. |