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IMMUNIZED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease
Synonyms:
immunised; immunized; vaccinated
Classified under:
Similar:
insusceptible; unsusceptible (not susceptible to)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb immunize
Context examples:
A blood serum or immunoglobulin fraction that contains antibodies against specific antigens obtained from previously immunized animals.
(Antiserum, NCI Thesaurus)
Obtained from animals that have been immunized with human thymocytes, antithymocyte globulin (ATG) specifically recognizes and destroys T lymphocytes.
(Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Hybridomas of SP2/0 mouse myeloma cells and mouse spleen cells are immunized with cultured human melanoma cells, and subsequently one of the hybridomas secreted MoAb 48.7.
(Monoclonal Antibody 48.7, NCI Thesaurus)
A tumor of hybrid cells used in the in vitro production of specific monoclonal antibodies; produced by fusion of an established tissue culture line of lymphocyte tumor cells (e.g., mouse plasmacytoma cells) and specific antibody-producing cells (e.g., splenocytes from specifically immunized mice); fusions are accomplished by use of polyethylene glycol or other methods.
(Hybridoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Six months after vaccination, the researchers exposed groups of vaccinated rhesus macaques (immunized via ID, AE or IV routes) and a group of unvaccinated macaques to a virulent strain of Mtb by introducing the bacteria directly into the animals’ lungs.
(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)
