what does acquired immunity mean?
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY as NOUN
- Meaning
- immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life
- immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a
Hypernyms(s) acquired immunity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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