superimmunity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsu.pɚɪˈmjuːnəti/
Etymology
From super- + immunity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being exceptionally resistant to disease.
The goal of cloning superimmunity to the limited number of phages that attack some S. cremoris strains, in particular, is attractive. A prerequisite, however, is a concerted study of the biochemistry and molecular biology of phage repressor systems in the lactic streptococci.
1987, Streptococcal Genetics, page 261:Our results are consistent with those obtained by other groups screening camelid-derived libraries, where an impressive diversity in the Nb nucleotide sequence, specificity and neutralizing capacity was found, especially after successive immunizations to promote the development of superimmunity.
2023 March 14, “Nanobodies against SARS-CoV-2 reduced virus load in the brain of challenged mice and neutralized Wuhan, Delta and Omicron Variants”, in National Library of Medicine:Under these conditions, inoculations with the virus cause a reaction fever without any internal symptoms of the disease and in this way generally, after 3 inoculations, superimmunity is assured against natural infection which lasts during the whole dairy period for milch cows.
1921, The Agricultural Gazette Vol-8 (1921), page 489: