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klendusity

klendusity noun: resistance to infection.

Noun

klendusity (uncountable)

  1. Resistance to infection.

Origin of klendusity

From Ancient Greek κλειδόω (kleidóō, “I lock up”) (see κλείς) + ἔνδυσις (éndusis, “entry”) (see ἐνδύω) + -ity, because the route of entry for pathogens is supposed to be locked up. The word is a clumsy coinage; a more systematic approach would have involved cleido-.

Questions about klendusity

What does klendusity mean?
Klendusity means resistance to infection.
What part of speech is klendusity?
Klendusity is a noun.

Words near klendusity in the dictionary

  1. Klemms
  2. Klemp
  3. Klemps
  4. Klems
  5. klendusic
  6. klendusity
  7. Klenk
  8. Klenke
  9. Klenkes
  10. Klenks
  11. Klenovnik

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