immunoprophylaxis

noun

im·mu·no·pro·phy·lax·is

-ˌprō-fə-ˈlak-səs also -ˌpräf-ə-

plural immunoprophylaxes -ˌsēz

: the prevention of disease by the production of active or passive immunity

immunoprophylactic

-ˈlak-tik

adjective

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