anamnestic response

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsanamnestic reaction

   Broaderimmune response

Questions about anamnestic response

What does anamnestic response mean?

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

What is another word for anamnestic response?

Close synonyms include anamnestic reaction. 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 response a common word?

anamnestic response 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.