PREMUNITION


Meaning of PREMUNITION in English

ˌprēmyəˈnishən noun

also pre·mu·ni·ty prēˈmyünəd.ē

( plural premunitions also premunities )

Etymology: premunition from Latin praemunition-, praemunitio fortification in advance, from praemunitus (past participle of praemunire to fortify in front or beforehand, from prae- pre- + munire to fortify) + -ion-, -io -ion; premunity from premune + -ity — more at munition

1. archaic : premonition

2.

a. archaic : an advance provision of protection (as against military attack)

b. : resistance to a disease due to the existence of its causative agent in a state of physiological equilibrium in the host

c. : immunity to a particular infection due to the previous presence of the causative agent in the host

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.