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The ability to ward off a specific infection or disease, usually as a result of prior exposure and the body's production of antibodies or lymphocytes against one pathogen is called __________.

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Adaptive Immunity.

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This is known to be a subsystem from the general immune system. It can also known as Acquired Immune System. It provides extra protection after the immune system must have encountered a particular pathogen. This is because it develops an immunity storage after an initial contact. Example is when a body encounter chicken pox; after the treatment, it provides immune against this form of disease and prevents the growth of its pathogens in the said body.

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