hyperimmunized
/ˌhaɪpərˈɪmjənaɪzd/
adjective
- Having been made highly resistant to a disease through repeated exposure to an antigen.
- The lab keeps a group of hyperimmunized rabbits for antibody production.
- The hyperimmunized horses produced a serum that saved many lives.
- Only hyperimmunized patients were chosen for the experimental treatment.
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- Past tense of hyperimmunize: made someone or something highly resistant to a disease.
- The scientist hyperimmunized the mice before exposing them to the virus.
- The clinic hyperimmunized dozens of volunteers for the study.
- Last year, they hyperimmunized a group of sheep to create a new vaccine.