ACTIVE IMMUNITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does active immunity mean? 

• ACTIVE IMMUNITY (noun)
  The noun ACTIVE IMMUNITY has 1 sense:

1. a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens

  Familiarity information: ACTIVE IMMUNITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVE IMMUNITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("active immunity" is a kind of...):

acquired immunity (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 fetus or by vaccination)

 Context examples 

A preparation of killed microorganisms that is intended to prevent or treat an infectious disease by inducing active immunity to the causative microorganism.

(Inactivated Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunization with the hepatitis B vaccine induces the formation of specific anti-hepatitis B antibodies and an active immunity against hepatitis B infection.

(Hepatitis B Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon vaccination with heat-treated varicella-zoster virus vaccine V212, this vaccine may activate the immune system to generate specific anti-VZV antibodies and an active immunity against VZV infection.

(Heat-Treated Varicella-Zoster Virus Vaccine V212, NCI Thesaurus)