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premune

premune adjective: immune to a disease through having had it before.

Adjective

premune (not comparable)

  1. Immune to a disease through having had it before.
    • […] take special precautions to protect the animals from those ordinary tropical protozoal diseases to which the indigenous cattle are premune.1937, Annual Departmental Reports of the Straits Settlements..., page 894
    • This was an investigation of the smallest protective dose of chloroquine amongst the premune Bantu in Tanganyika.1958, Great Britain. Colonial Office, Tanganyika Under United Kingdom Administration, page 145

Questions about premune

What does premune mean?
Premune means immune to a disease through having had it before.
What part of speech is premune?
Premune is an adjective.

Words near premune in the dictionary

  1. premultiplied
  2. premultiplies
  3. premultiply
  4. premultiplying
  5. premundane
  6. premune
  7. premunicipal
  8. premunire
  9. premunire facias
  10. premunires
  11. premunition

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