English Explanatory Dictionary

klendusity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Resistance to infection.

Word forms

klendusity

Etymology

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-.

Related words

klendusic
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