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11immune system disorder — Introduction Disorders of the immune systemany of various failures in the body s defense mechanisms against infectious organisms (see table (Disorders of the immune system)). Disorders of immunity include immune deficiency diseases, such… …
12Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… …
13immune — 01. Scientists do not yet understand why a small number of people seem to be [immune] to the AIDS virus. 02. Growing up in that country, the children developed a natural [immunity] to germs in the water that make visitors ill. 03. Hopefully,… …
14Immune — Protected against infection. The Latin immunis means free, exempt. * * * 1. Free from the possibility of acquiring a given infectious disease; resistant to an infectious disease. 2. Pertaining to the mechanism of sensitization in which the… …
15immune system — noun a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response • Hypernyms: ↑system • Part Meronyms: ↑marrow, ↑bone marrow,… …
16immune — adj. 1 protected against a disease VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ remain, stay ▪ make sb ▪ …
17immune — adj. 1 a (often foll. by against, from, to) protected against an infection owing to the presence of specific antibodies, or through inoculation or inherited or acquired resistance. b relating to immunity (immune mechanism). 2 (foll. by from, to)… …
18immune reaction — 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 • Syn: ↑immune response, ↑immunologic response •… …
19immune response — 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 • Syn: ↑immune reaction, ↑immunologic response •… …
20immune surveillance — immunological surveillance a hypothesized monitoring function by which the immune system protects against cancer; according to the theory, tumor cells constantly arise throughout life by malignant transformation of normal cells but almost all are …
