Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acquired_immunity

1 sense of acquired immunity

Sense 1
acquired immunity -- (immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination)
       => immunity, resistance -- ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)