immunogenesisn.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Medicine and Biology.
The production or development of an immune response. Also: the development of immunocompetence.
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isoimmunization1939
immunogenicity1944
immunogenesis1948
1948 C. H. Cunningham in H. E. Biester & L. H. Schwarte Dis. Poultry (ed. 2) xxv. 567 The criteria of immunogenesis and pathogenesis.
1964 Science 26 June 1544/1 The timing of immunogenesis in the developing vertebrate roughly corresponds with the period at which lymphoid elements, notably lymphocytes, can first be identified.
1975 P. C. Schiavi & M. Stein in S. Arieti Amer. Handbk. Psychiatry (ed. 2) IV. ii. xxix. 717 Studies of the effect of sectioning the spinal cord on immunogenesis have shown changes such as decreased antibody formation following sensitization.
2006 Vet. Immunol. & Immunopathol. 112 273/2 As shown for several microorganisms, the process of invasion into endothelial cells is critical in the patho- and immunogenesis of the resulting infection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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