Medical Dictionary

premunition

noun pre·mu·ni·tion \ˌprē-my-ˈnish-ən\

Medical Definition of PREMUNITION

1
:  resistance to a disease due to the existence of its causative agent in a state of physiological equilibrium in the host
2
:  immunity to a particular infection due to previous presence of the causative agent

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