active immunity
- noun
- /ˈæktɪv ɪˈmjunɪti/
- Specialized
:
inmunidad activa
- When your body produces antibodies in response to a vaccine, it leads to active immunity.
Examples
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Active immunity involves the production of antibodies against a specific disease, with protection produced by the individual's immune system. Active immunity can be acquired by contracting the disease or by vaccination.
Academic text (2011) -
The process of vaccination can grant active immunity, helping your body fight specific infections.
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This is referred to as active immunity.
Blog text (34) -
Active immunity is not foolproof.
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Active immunity involves the production of antibodies against a specific disease, with protection produced by the individual's immune system. Active immunity can be acquired by contracting the disease or by vaccination.
Academic text (2011) -
Exposure to an antigen triggers your body to create antibodies, resulting in active immunity.
Antonyms
- Specialized
Temporary protection from disease by receiving antibodies from another person or animal
How Active
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3.2
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1
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'active' (produced by action) and 'immunity' (biological resistance) combine to suggest immunity generated by the organism itself, so a learner can infer a general sense that this is immunity produced internally (e.g., by vaccination or infection). However, the specific biomedical detail — that it results from the production of antibodies in response to an antigen and how it contrasts with passive immunity — is technical and not fully predictable for a B1 learner, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The term active immunity comes from the idea that the body actively makes its own immunity: after meeting a germ or a vaccine the body learns to build its own 'soldiers' called antibodies to fight the invader. So, active immunity means the protection your own body makes and this protection often lasts a long time.