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 other words, magical realism can achieve its effects by either making marvelous a certain character's perceptions and/or by making the setting itself marvelous. Characteristics of magical realism include five primary traits: 1  An irreducible magic which cannot be explained by typical notions of natural law.2  A realist description that stresses normal, common, every-day phenomena, which is then revised or refelt by the marvelous.n other words, magical realism can achieve its effects by either making marvelous a certain character's perceptions and/or by making the setting itself marvelous. Characteristics of magical realism include five primary traits: 1  An irreducible magic which cannot be explained by typical notions of natural law.