Medical Definition of immunocompetence. : the capacity for a normal immune response altered the immunocompetence of the lymphocytes.
Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is literature, painting, and film that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, share in common an acceptance of magic in the rational world.
In The Fragrance of Guava, Garcia Marquez argues that strictly realistic literature can be âtoo static and exclusive a vision of reality.â Though it stretches the bounds of reality, magical realism acknowledges that magic is inherent in our day-to-day life.