Look up: Immune System

1. 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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2. immune system
   (Humans as organisms) the body's defence system against diseases and infections
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3. 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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4. 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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5. immune system
   The network of cells and organs which defends the body against infections and foreign invaders.
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6. 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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7. immune system
   the body's system for protecting itself from viruses and bacteria or any 'foreign' substances.
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8. 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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9. 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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10. immune system
    (Learning Modules / Psychology / Stress) The system, including lymphocytes, that protects the body from disease causing viruses and bacteria.
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11. 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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12. Immune system
    the cells, substances, and structures in the body that protect against infection and illness
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13. Immune system
    The immune system is the body's defence system, which helps protect it from disease, bacteria and viruses.
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14. Immune system
    The body's main defence system against infection, disease and foreign substances.
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15. Immune system
    The body's defence against foreign substances, eg bacteria, viruses and parasites.
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16. 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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17. Immune system
    The organs and cells that defend the body against infection or disease.
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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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 antibodies and lymphokines. Granulocy...
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21. 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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22. 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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23. Immune System
    The body's system of defenses against disease. The system is composed or organs, tissues and cells that find and destroy invaders that could cause disease or infection to develop. Pregnant women are more susceptible to infections because of changes in immune function and hormonal balance. Infections such as toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus and rub...
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24. immune system
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. an intricate complex of interrelated cellular, molecular, and genetic components that provides a defense, the immune response, against foreign organisms or substances and aberrant native cells.
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25. immune system
    a collection of cells and proteins that works to protect the body from potentially harmful, infectious microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
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