Term: active immunity: a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens
Candidate hypernym: 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 → 1
Candidate hypernym: ill-being: lack of prosperity or happiness or health → 0
Candidate hypernym: parliamentary agent: a person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament → 0
Candidate hypernym: flight: passing above and beyond ordinary bounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: macrocytosis: the presence of macrocytes in the blood → 0
Candidate hypernym: false face: a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume → 0
Candidate hypernym: vicious circle: one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first → 0
Candidate hypernym: manticore: a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion → 0
Candidate hypernym: common oak: medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: conquistador: an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cuneate leaf: a wedge-shaped leaf having the acute angle at the base → 0