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noun
The time period during which a young mammal no longer receives effective immunity to diseases from antibodies in its mother's milk but its own immune system is not fully developed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
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noun
The time period between when an individual's or a population's immunity to a virus has waned (due to normal decrease in immune response over time or to the development of a new strain of the virus) and before a new vaccine can be given to boost immunity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see immunity, gap.
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