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Definition of Hyperimmune
1. Adjective. That causes, or is associated with, an extreme immune response ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyperimmune
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Hyperimmune
1. A state where the bodys immune system is extremely reactive against a particular antigen when it normally would not be. This occurs when the antigen is introduced into the body in large amounts (for example: by repeated injections) such that lots of hyperimmune antibodies build up against it. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperimmune
Literary usage of Hyperimmune
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"All three lines merged with the wide precipitin band formed by the reaction
between sheep pox cutaneous antigen and the same hyperimmune serum in the ..."
2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"As a rule the different lots of serum representing the different bleedings from
several hyperimmune hogs are mixed and the whole subjected to test. ..."
3. Microbiology for Agricultural and Domestic Science Students by Charles Edward Marshall, Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1911)
"As a rule the different lots of serum representing the different bleedings from
the same hyperimmune hog are mixed and the whole subjected to test. ..."
4. Microbiology for Agricultural and Domestic Science Students by Charles Edward Marshall, Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1911)
"As a rule the different lots of serum representing the different bleedings from
the same hyperimmune hog are mixed and the whole subjected to test. ..."
5. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"YEOMANS, A., SNYDER, JC and GILLIAM, AG: The effects of concentrated hyperimmune
rabbit serum in louse borne typhus, Jour. Am. Med. Assoc., 1045, CXXIX, 19. ..."
6. Hog Cholera: Its Nature and Control by Raymond Russell Birch (1922)
"All animals with which hyperimmune hogs have been held in contact as prescribed
in this section, shall be held on the premises of the licensed establishment ..."
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