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

1 sense of active immunity

Sense 1
active immunity -- (a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens)
       => 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)