Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Relative immunity to severe infection by a particular pathogen as a result of a chronic low-grade infection by the same pathogen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of fortifying or guarding beforehand; a measure taken in advance to secure immunity from peril or objection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
immunization due to having had thedisease before
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French prémunition, from Latin praemūnītiō, praemūnītiōn-, fortification beforehand, from praemūnītus, past participle of praemūnīre, to fortify in advance : prae-, pre- + mūnīre, to fortify; see munition.]
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