noun
- immunity to a disease acquired through a mild or subclinical infection that prevents reinfection while the original infection persists
Usage: medical; immunology
Examples
- Premunition against malaria can develop in people living in endemic areas.
- The concept of premunition explains why some individuals remain protected from certain parasitic diseases.
- Researchers studied premunition as a natural defense mechanism against reinfection.
- Premunition differs from traditional immunity because it requires the continued presence of the pathogen.
- Understanding premunition has helped scientists develop new approaches to vaccine design.
- The patient’s premunition prevented severe symptoms during subsequent exposures to the parasite.