Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 17 compound words that contain immunity. The most common are listed below. Open immunity in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- sovereign immunityA legal doctrine by which the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution.
- herd immunityThe indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having …
- diplomatic immunityA diplomat's immunity to prosecution and/or litigation under local law.
- qualified immunityA doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith.
- hybrid immunityThe combination of natural immunity and artificially acquired immunity, such as that induced by a vaccine.
- community immunitySynonym of herd immunity: The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been …
- absolute immunityA doctrine providing immunity from suit by private parties for certain government officials and witnesses in judicial proceedings, even if the act or testimony was illegal, false, or made in bad faith.
- immunity gapThe time period during which a young mammal no longer receives effective immunity to diseases from antibodies in its mother's milk but its own immune system is not fully developed.
- adaptive immunityimmunity and immune response granted by the adaptive immune system
- crown immunityA legal doctrine by which the royal sovereign or royally governed state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution.
- passive immunityThe translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies.
- social immunityAny antiparasite defence mounted for the benefit of individuals other than the actor.
- innate immunityimmunity and immune response granted by the innate immune system
- cell-mediated immunityImmunity as a result of a cell-mediated immune response.
- humoral immunityImmunity to infection due to antibodies, which circulate in the blood and lymph, and which are produced by B cells.
- tingle immunityA phenomenon where a person becomes desensitized to ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) triggers due to overstimulation.
Compound words 17
- superimmunityThe state of being exceptionally resistant to disease.
- immunifacientCausing (usually temporary) immunity after contraction.
- neuroimmunityimmunity from neural damage
- chemoimmunityThe condition of being chemoimmune
- cytoimmunityimmunity to cytotoxins
- dysimmunityThe condition of being dysimmune
- heteroimmunityThe condition of being heteroimmune
- homoimmunityimmunity of a bacterium to infection by a phage of the same kind as that carried in the prophage state
- hyperimmunityThe condition of being hyperimmune
- hypoimmunityA reduced immunity