cross immunity
1cross immunity — immunity produced by inoculation with an agent (e.g., a bacterium or virus) that is different from, but closely related to, the agent causing the disease …
2cross-immunity — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cross (III) : immunity toward one of a pair of antigens following immunization toward the other that is used to assess the relationship between certain antigens …
3Cross-reactivity — is the reaction between an antibody and an antigen that differs from the immunogen. It is sometimes also referred to as crossimmunity or cross protective immunity.[1] A few examples of cross reactivity have been confirmed in humans, one of which… …
4cross-im|mu|ni|za|tion — «KRS IHM yu nuh ZAY shuhn, KROS », noun. the state or condition of having cross immunity: »A cross immunization test is one which seeks to find out whether antibodies to one virus will neutralize a different virus (Scientific American) …
5cross-immunization — | ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: cross (III) : the act or action of effecting cross immunity …
6Immunity (medical) — Immunity is a biological term that describes a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. Immunity involves both specific and non specific components. The non specific… …
7immunity — im·mu·ni·ty /i myü nə tē/ n pl ties [Latin immunitas, from immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in non + munis (from munia services)] 1: exemption from a duty or liability that is granted by law to a person or class of persons a… …
8cross-im|mu|ni|ty — «KRS ih MYOO nuh tee, KROS », noun, plural ties. immunity produced against a disease organism by inoculation with a different but related organism …
9Cross-presentation — The term cross presentation denotes the ability of certain antigen presenting cells to take up, process and present extracellular antigens with MHC class I molecules to CD8 T cells (cytotoxic T cells). Cross priming describes the stimulation of… …
10Immunity Aware Programming — When writing firmware for an embedded system, immunity aware programming is a set of programming techniques used in an attempt to tolerate transient errors in the program counter or other that would otherwise lead to failure.Immunity aware… …
