immune response


noun
  1. any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.

Origin of immune response

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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British Dictionary definitions for immune response

immune response

noun
  1. the reaction of an organism's body to foreign materials (antigens), including the production of antibodies

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Scientific definitions for immune response

immune response

[ ĭ-myōōn ]


  1. A protective response of the body's immune system to an antigen, especially a microorganism or virus that causes disease. The immune response involves the action of lymphocytes that deactivate antigens either by stimulating the production of antibodies (humoral immune response) or by a direct attack on foreign cells (cell-mediated immune response.) An inability to produce a normal immune response results in immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS. See also cell-mediated immune response humoral immune response.

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