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51immune — [15] The mune of immune is the same as that of remunerate and of commune (and hence of common). It represents Latin mūnis ‘ready to give service’. The addition of the negative prefix in gave immūnis, which in classical Latin denoted literally… …
52immune complex hemolytic anemia — A condition in which the body’s immune system stops red blood cells from forming or causes them to clump together. Immune complex hemolytic anemia can occur in patients who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Also called autoimmune hemolytic …
53immune system — noun The system that differentiates self from non self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone… …
54immune system — noun Date: circa 1919 the bodily system that protects the body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues by producing the immune response and that includes especially the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, special deposits of lymphoid tissue (as in… …
55immune complex — Multimolecular antibody antigen complexes that may be soluble or insoluble depending upon their size and whether or not complement is present. Immune complexes can be filtered from plasma in the kidney, and the deposition of the complexes gives… …
56immune elimination — the period of accelerated degradation of antigen (e.g., foreign gamma globulin) as a result of its removal and destruction by antibodies. Also, a technique for determining antibody response by measuring the rate of removal of labeled antigen from …
57immune response primary — the immune response occurring on the first exposure to an antigen. After a lag or latent period of from 3 to 14 days depending on the antigen, specific antibodies appear in the blood. There is a peak of IgM production lasting several days… …
58immune — im·mune || ɪ mjuËn n. one who is immune, one who is insusceptible to a disease adj. not susceptible to a disease, safe from disease; inoculated; resistant; exempt, free, protected …
59immune — adjective Syn: resistant, not subject, not liable, not vulnerable, protected from, safe from, secure against Ant: susceptible, liable …
60immune serum — a serum containing naturally or artificially produced antibodies to a given antigen, obtained from human or animal sources. [1900 05] * * * …
