Definition of Herd immunity

1. Noun. (epidemiology) The protection given to a community against an epidemic of a contagious disease when a sufficient number of the population are immunised or otherwise develop immunity to it. ¹

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Medical Definition of Herd immunity

1. Resistance of a group to a pathogen due to immunity of a large proportion of the group to that pathogen. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herd Immunity

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hercules
herculeses
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hercynite
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herd cats
herd immunity (current term)
herd instinct
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