insusceptibility
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Some individuals are refractory to vaccination, but complete insusceptibility is exceedingly rare.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
That I have since thought proper to write the tale in the narrative and not the dramatic form, is not because of any insusceptibility of the material to such uses.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
Thus animals may prove refractory to a small dose of the poison of anthrax, yet Chauveau has shown that this virus will overcome all native or acquired insusceptibility when administered in excess.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
He could imagine being married to her so much more easily than being in love with her, and he was a little vexed with himself for his own insusceptibility.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
The insusceptibility to anthrax is often characteristic of certain individuals or families or of the animals living in a particular district.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various