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premunity Med.|priːˈmjuːnɪtɪ| [f. premunition + -ity, after immunity.] (See quot. 1938.) So preˈmune a., exhibiting premunity.
1938G. O. Davies Vet. Path. & Bacteriol. (ed. 2) vii. 145 Premunity denotes a state of resistance or tolerance to infection which only lasts so long as the infecting organism is present in the tissues of the host. 1948U. F. Richardson Vet. Protozool. i. 7 The more uniform ‘premunity’ of animals to protozoa in an infected area is mainly due to the more uniform exposure to infection and reinfection. Ibid. iv. 86 Infection derived from a premune animal is less severe than that from an active case. |