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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. biological properties and phenomena
  3. biological resistance
  4. immunity
  5. adaptive immunity
  6. immunologic memory
  1. Fields of Study
  2. immunology
  3. immunity
  4. adaptive immunity
  5. immunologic memory

Preferred term

immunologic memory

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The altered state of immunologic responsiveness resulting from initial contact with antigen, which enables the individual to produce antibodies more rapidly and in greater quantity in response to secondary antigenic stimulus.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • immune memory
  • serological memory

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/217793

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