Term: acquired immunity: 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
Candidate hypernym: immunity: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease → 1
Candidate hypernym: keratitis: inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision → 0
Candidate hypernym: fluffy omelet: souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately → 0
Candidate hypernym: rush grass: grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles → 0
Candidate hypernym: high fidelity: the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion → 0
Candidate hypernym: challenge: questioning a statement and demanding an explanation → 0
Candidate hypernym: opening: becoming open or being made open → 0
Candidate hypernym: tree surgery: treatment of damaged or decaying trees → 0
Candidate hypernym: differential calculus: the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential → 0
Candidate hypernym: builder: someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bush jacket: a loose fitting jacket; resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt → 0