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.
Magical realism has become well-known as a literary genre, but was a term used to categorize visual art as early as the 1920s. In both the visual and literary arts, it refers to a style of expression that presents a realistic world that has elements of the magical or fantastical.