anamnestic reaction

1. 1.

   renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen

   Synonymsanamnestic response

   Broaderimmune response

Questions about anamnestic reaction

What does anamnestic reaction mean?

anamnestic reaction means "renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen".

What is another word for anamnestic reaction?

Close synonyms include anamnestic response. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anamnestic reaction a common word?

anamnestic reaction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.