Acquired Immunity

Definition: Acquired Immunity

Acquired Immunity

Noun

1. Immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination.

Non-Fiction Usage: Acquired Immunity

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The reasons for this difference are unclear, but may include a lack of acquired immunity, more adventurous travel styles, and different eating habits. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translations: Acquired Immunity

Language		Translations for "acquired immunity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		erhvervet immunitet (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

Dutch		verworven weerstand (acquited immunity, adquired immunity), verkregen immuniteit (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

Finnish		hankittu immuniteetti (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

French		immunité acquise (acquited immunity). (various references)

German		erworbene Immunität (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

Greek		επίκτητη ανοσία (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

Italian		anergia apparente (acquited immunity, adquired immunity), immunit� acquisita (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

Pig Latin		acquireday immunityay

Portuguese		imunidade adquirida (acquited immunity, adquired immunity), imunidade (acquited immunity, adquired immunity, franchise, freedom, immunity, privelege, privilege). (various references)

Spanish		inmunidad adquirida (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)

Swedish		förvärvad immunitet (acquited immunity, adquired immunity). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.