premunition

premunition
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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pre·mu·ni·tion .prē-myu̇-'nish-ən n
1) resistance to a disease due to the existence of its causative agent in a state of physiological equilibrium in the host
2) immunity to a particular infection due to previous presence of the causative agent

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pre·mu·ni·tion (pre″mu-nishґən) infection immunity.

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