verb
- to immunize (a person or animal) with repeated or increased doses of an antigen to produce a high level of antibodies
Usage: medical/scientific term; transitive verb
Examples
- Researchers hyperimmunized the rabbits with multiple vaccine doses to generate high-titer antibodies.
- The laboratory hyperimmunized the horses to produce potent antiserum for therapeutic use.
- To create a more effective immune response, the team decided to hyperimmunize the test subjects.
- Hyperimmunizing animals can yield antibodies with greater specificity and strength.
- The protocol required hyperimmunizing each animal at two-week intervals.