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Naive

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na·ive or na·ïve (nä-v) or na·if or na·ïf (-f)
adj.
1. Lacking worldliness and sophistication.
2. Simple and credulous as a child.
3. Not previously subjected to experiments.
4. Not having previously taken or received a particular drug.
n.
One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.

Naive
Immunology Referring to a person or an immune system which has not been previously exposed to a particular antigen and thus doesn’t form antibodies against the antigen
Vox populi Innocent, unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, unworldly, trusting

naive
in immunology, an individual that has not been exposed to a particular antigen.


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