klendusity

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noun

Resistance to infection.

OriginAncient Greek κλειδόω →
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Meanings

nounklendusity (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyResistance to infection.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκλειδόω“I lock up”
  2. Englishklendusity

From Ancient Greek κλειδόω (kleidóō, “I lock up”) (see κλείς) + ἔνδυσις (éndusis, “entry”) (see ἐνδύω) + -ity, because the route of entry for pathogens is supposed to be locked up. The word is a clumsy coinage; a more systematic approach would have involved cleido-.

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Chicago

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