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Definition of Natural immunity
1. Noun. Immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup.
Generic synonyms: Immunity, Resistance
Specialized synonyms: Racial Immunity
Medical Definition of Natural immunity
1. This includes local barriers to infection such as skin, stomach acid, mucous, the cough reflex, enzymes in tears and saliva and skin oils. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Immunity
Literary usage of Natural immunity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"[1se] CHAPTER VI natural immunity AGAINST PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS Natural
immunity and the composition of the body fluids.—Cultivation of the bacteria of ..."
2. Manual of bacteriology by Robert Muir (1906)
"Immunity may be possessed by an animal naturally, and is then usually called
natural immunity, or it may be acquired by an animal either by passing through ..."
3. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"natural immunity is that resistance which is possessed normally by an individual.
... Attention should be directed to certain forms of natural immunity and ..."
4. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"natural immunity. The term natural immunity is applied to that condition which
enables ... There are a number of very striking examples of natural immunity. ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"natural immunity has been applied to that condition or ability possessed by some
... natural immunity usually persists under ordinary conditions throughout ..."
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