superimmunity

Noun

superimmunity (uncountable)

1. The state of being exceptionally resistant to disease.
   • Under these conditions, inoculations with the virus cause a reaction fever without any internal symptoms of the disease and in this way generally, after 3 inoculations, superimmunity is assured against natural infection which lasts during the whole dairy period for milch cows.1921, The Agricultural Gazette Vol-8 (1921), page 489
   • The goal of cloning superimmunity to the limited number of phages that attack some S. cremoris strains, in particular, is attractive. A prerequisite, however, is a concerted study of the biochemistry and molecular biology of phage repressor systems in the lactic streptococci.1987, Streptococcal Genetics, page 261