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ANAMNESTIC REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anamnestic reaction mean? 

ANAMNESTIC REACTION (noun)
  The noun ANAMNESTIC REACTION has 1 sense:

1. renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigenplay

  Familiarity information: ANAMNESTIC REACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANAMNESTIC REACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

anamnestic reaction; anamnestic response

Hypernyms ("anamnestic reaction" is a kind of...):

immune reaction; immune response; immunologic response (a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen)


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