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noun Immunology.

the activation of complement by contact with polysaccharides on bacteria, protozoa, or yeast cells: a nonspecific immune response.Compare classical pathway.

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Also called alternative complement pathway.

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How to use alternative pathway in a sentence

ACPS needs to consider what alternative pathways to SROs might look like.
Alexandria school board race: Meet the candidates running in each district|Hannah Natanson|October 16, 2021|Washington Post
Some cells will activate an alternative pathway to keep their telomeres going.
Spaceflight affects the human body in two major, peculiar ways|Paola Rosa-Aquino|November 25, 2020|Popular-Science
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Already, 10 Republicans have declared they will vote for an alternative candidate and more seemed poised to join.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
No longer does it constitute a reliable, middle class-based alternative to the corporatist mindset of the Republicans.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another dark horse, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, was finding little traction in his efforts to become a centrist alternative.
Want President Hillary? Then Primary Her|Jeff Greenfield|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
"I will," gruffly replied the man, with a look which showed that he was sorry to be forced to choose the second alternative.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The fresh imprint of a tiger's paw upon the pathway gives the same sort of feel to the Indian herdsman.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He had no alternative; he had as large interests in England as in Scotland, and armed opposition was out of the question.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various