单词 | premunition |
释义 | premunition —premunitive /pree myooh"ni tiv/, adj. /pree'myooh nish"euhn/, n. Immunol. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent. Also called coinfectious immunity. [1920-35; < F prémunition < L praemunition-, s. of praemunitio advance provisions for defense; see PRE-, MUNITION] |
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