active immunity
immunity in an organism resulting from its own production of antibody or lymphocytes.
Origin of active immunity
1- Compare passive immunity.
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How to use active immunity in a sentence
active immunity has thus been shown to be associated with the presence of certain anti-substances in the serum.
The increased ingestion of bacteria in active immunity would seem to depend upon the presence of immune opsonins in the serum.
In producing active immunity against many bacterial diseases the organisms are introduced (c) dead.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield MorreyAn active immunity is thus induced in susceptible animals which lasts until the danger from exposure to the disease is over.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of Agriculture
Scientific definitions for active immunity
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