premune
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pre·mu·ni·tion
(prē′myo͝o-nĭsh′ən)n.
Relative immunity to severe infection by a particular pathogen as a result of a chronic low-grade infection by the same pathogen.
[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.]
pre·mune′ (prē-myo͞on′) adj.
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premune
(priːˈmjuːn)adj
(Pathology) having immunity to a disease as a result of latent infection
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