Immunity vs Antibodies - What's the difference?
immunity | antibodies |
(uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
# (medicine) Fully protective resistance against infection.
# (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
# (law) An exemption from prosecution.
# (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
(countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
* {{quote-book, passage=One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
, page=699
, title=Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition
, author=Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes
, publisher=Informa Health Care
, year=2002
, isbn=0824706749}}
As nouns the difference between immunity and antibodies
is that immunity is (uncountable) the state of being insusceptible to something; notably: while antibodies is .immunity
English
Noun
- Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
- Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities .
- The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.
- After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the least amount of points.
