immunosilent

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

immuno- +‎ silent

Adjective[edit]

immunosilent (not comparable)

  1. (immunology, pathology, of an immunological condition) Showing no symptoms (or change in symptoms) for a reasonable time period.
    • 1992, Ivan Maurice Roitt, Encyclopedia of Immunology, volume 1, page 129:
      The existence of this phenomenon may account for some determinants being immunosilent under certain circumstances.

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