Definition of Immune response

1. Noun. A bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen.

Exact synonyms: Immune Reaction, Immunologic Response
Generic synonyms: Reaction, Response
Specialized synonyms: Anamnestic Reaction, Anamnestic Response, Humoral Immune Response, Cell-mediated Immune Response, Complement Fixation
Category relationships: Bacteria, Bacterium, Fungus
Terms within: Complement

Definition of Immune response

1. Noun. (immunology) The body's integrated response to an antigen, mediated by lymphocytes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Immune response

1. Alteration in the reactivity of an organisms immune system in response to an antigen, in vertebrates, this may involve antibody production, induction of cell-mediated immunity, complement activation or development of immunological tolerance. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immune Response

immune deficiency
immune deviation
immune electron microscopy
immune gamma globulin
immune globulin
immune haemolysin
immune haemolysis
immune inflammation
immune interferon
immune opsonin
immune paralysis
immune precipitation
immune protein
immune reaction
immune response (current term)
immune response genes
immune responses
immune sera
immune serum
immune serum globulin
immune suppressant drug
immune suppression
immune surveillance
immune system
immune systems
immune thrombocytopenia
immune thrombocytopenic purpura
immune tolerance
immunes

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