immunologically naive

adj

Definitions

  1. Having an immune system that has never been exposed to a specific antigen.

    • Animal experiments show that repeated inhalation of an allergen by immunologically naive rat pups usually results in a transient low-level IgE antibody response.
    • On introduction of the parasite into immunologically naive mouse populations, the impact was dramatic (Fig. 4.9).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for immunologically naive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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