adjective
- having an unusually high level of immunity to a particular disease or antigen
Usage: medical
Examples
- The hyperimmune serum contained high levels of antibodies against the virus.
- Researchers used hyperimmune plasma from recovered patients to treat severe cases.
- The hyperimmune globulin provided immediate protection against the infection.
- Animals that survived multiple exposures became hyperimmune to the pathogen.
- The hyperimmune response was so strong that reinfection was nearly impossible.
- Doctors administered hyperimmune serum to prevent disease transmission.