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.
So whilst magic realism works are fantasy, not all fantasy is magic realism. (I don't see Lord of the Rings or the Narnia books or Discworld as magic realism, for instance.) see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_reali...