innate immunity

1. 1.

   immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup

   Synonymsnatural immunity

   Broaderimmunity

   Narrowerracial immunity

Questions about innate immunity

What does innate immunity mean?

innate immunity means "immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup".

What is another word for innate immunity?

Close synonyms include natural immunity. 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.