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Immune system
The system in mammals which responds specifically to the presence of foreign antigens to aid in eliminating them from the body; provides acquired immunity.
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immune system
(Humans as organisms) the body's defence system against diseases and infections
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immune system
The system in the body that enables us to fight off germs and diseases.
Example: People who are HIV positive have a reduced immune system.
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immune system
[n] - 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
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immune system
The network of cells and organs which defends the body against infections and foreign invaders.
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Immune system
The immune system is the body mechanism that produces antibodies when any foreign substance has been detected e.g. from taste, touch, breathing, injury, or injection. The result may show as skin reddening, swelling, itching, and/or other allergic reactions.
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immune system
the body's system for protecting itself from viruses and bacteria or any 'foreign' substances.
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Immune System
The body system, made up of many organs and cells, that defends the body against infection, disease and foreign substances. The immune system is often stimulated in specific ways to fight cancer cells.
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Immune system
is the name given to the body`s response to protect us from disease and invasion from foreign bodies. Once our body has been invaded, the immune system copies the invading body and our defence mechanism so that should we be invaded again we are ready to attack. The reason why AIDS has take...
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immune system
(Learning Modules / Psychology / Stress) The system, including lymphocytes, that protects the body from disease causing viruses and bacteria.
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Immune system
System in the body that fights infection and causes allergic reactions. Includes the lymph glands, spleen and white blood cells.
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Immune system
the cells, substances, and structures in the body that protect against infection and illness
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Immune system
The immune system is the body's defence system, which helps protect it from disease, bacteria and viruses.
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Immune system
The body's main defence system against infection, disease and foreign substances.
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Immune system
The body's defence against foreign substances, eg bacteria, viruses and parasites.
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Immune system
Immune system: A complex system that is responsible for distinguishing us from everything foreign to us, and for protecting us against infections and foreign substances. The immune system works to seek and kill invaders. If a person is born with a severely defective immune system, death from infecti...
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Immune system
The organs and cells that defend the body against infection or disease.
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immune system
<immunology> The body system, made up of many organs and cells, that defends the body against infection, disease and foreign substances. The immune system is often stimulated in specific ways to fight cancer cells. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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immune 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
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immune system
a complex system of cellular and molecular components whose primary function is distinguishing self from nonself and defense against foreign organisms or substances; see also immune response. The primary cellular components are lymphocytes and macrophages, and the primary molecular components are an...
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immune system
the complex group of defense responses found in humans and other advanced vertebrates that helps repel disease-causing organisms (pathogens). ... [10 related articles]
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Immune System
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Immune system
An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. In order to function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguish them from the organism`s own healthy tissue. P...
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immune system
Immune response to self or foreign antigens. Image © Terese Winslow A system that provides an organism with a defense against infection. In higher organisms it is afforded by the presence of circulating antibodies and leukocytes (white blood cells). Antibodies are manufactured specifically...
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IMMUNE SYSTEM
the system that protects the body from invasion by foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses, and from cancer cells
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