Look up: Immunity

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   immunity
   1. The state of being immune. 2. In plants, the ability to remain free from disease because of inherent structural or functional properties.
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   Immunity
   A type of resistance to attack; usually considered an acquired state in which an organism is capable of resisting a pest and thus preventing the development of a disease or damage. In animals it induces the production of antibodies. In plants, the ability to remain free from disease because of inherent structural or functional properties.
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   Immunity
   The body`s response to a foreign antigen, either ingested as food, or as part of a foreign organism. There are two major ways the body defends itself; one is by antibody, production, the so called humeral response, as the antibodies circulate in the blood and the fluid between cells. The other is the cellular response, as it involves the cells of the immune system, the family of leucocytes. The particular leucocyte responsible for immune specificity is the lymphocyte . In total cell mass there are as many lymphocytes as there are liver or brain cells. During development there are millions of B (from the Bone marrow) lymphocytes made, each with a different cell membrane ligand, specific for any one of millions of antigens. The lymphocytes are circulating all the time so that they can have the chance to meet up with a foreign antigen. As soon as an antigen has been recognised by one of these cells, and bound to the cell ligand, it stimulates the cell to reproduce millions of copies of itself. All the daughter cells are clones of the original cell. These B lymphocyte daughters, migrate to the site where the antibody is needed. Instead of making an antigen for the membrane these cells make large amounts of soluble antibody. They are now recognisable as plasma cells. T lymphocytes ( having spent time in the Thymus) comprises the cell mediated response to an antigen. They are of two types, Killer T cells and Helper T Cells. Most T lymphocytes are helpers and they regulate the response of the B lymphocytes . The killer T cells are however capable of recognising the foreign antigen on the surface of a cell, and then killing the entire cell. The immune response is part of a less specific defense and healing response of the body known as inflammation.
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   immunity
   [n] - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease 2. [n] - the quality of being unaffected by something
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   immunity
   The ability to resist a disease because the body produces antibodies to it.
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   Immunity
   Resistance of the body against external factors.
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   immunity
   A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.
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   Immunity
   Ability to resist infection. The immune response is activated when bacteria or viruses enter the body. Some people have poor immunity, which means they do not have much resistance to infection. This can be because they have a condition which has damaged their immune system (for example AIDS). Or it can be because chemotherapy has temporarily red...
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   Immunity
   When your body stops you catching a particular infection
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    Immunity
    resistance to a specific disease because of the responses of the immune system
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    Immunity
    The resisting power of the body to invading micro-organisms
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    Immunity
    The ability to resist infection and to heal.
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    Immunity
    Immunity: The condition of being immune. Immunity can be innate (for example, humans are innately immune to canine distemper) or conferred by a previous infection or immunization.
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    immunity
    the ability of a device,unit of equipment or system to perform without degradation of quality in the presence of an electromagnetic disturbance Category: Physics • the state of a bare metal in which electrochemical corrosion is thermo-dynamically impossible Category: Chemistry • resistance of the body to the effect of a harmful agent, such as pathogenic microorganisms or th...
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    immunity
    A state in which the body responds specifically to antigen and/or in which a protective response is mounted against a pathogenic agent. May be innate or may be induced by infection or vaccination, or by the passive transfer of antibodies of immunocompetent cells.
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    Immunity
    Im·mu'ni·ty noun ; plural Immunities . [ Latin immunitas , from immunis free from a public service; prefix im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, confer munus service, duty: confer French immunité . See Common , and confer Mean , adjective ] 1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, oblig ...
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    Immunity
    Im·mun'i·ty noun The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.
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    immunity
    <immunology> The condition of being immune, the protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunisation or previous infection or by other nonimmunologic factors. ... Origin: L. Immunitas ... (13 Oct 1997) ...
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    immunity
    noun the quality of being unaffected by something; `immunity to criticism`
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    immunity
    noun (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
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    Immunity
    `Immunity` may refer to: * Immunity (medical), a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, and is related to the functions of the immune system * Immunity (legal), conferring a status on a person or body that makes that person or body free from otherwise legal obligations such as, for example, liability for damages or punishment for criminal acts ** Transactional immunity, r...
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    immunity
    (ĭ-mu´nĭ-te) the condition of being immune; the protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunization or previous infection or by other nonimmunologic factors. It encompasses the capacity to distinguish foreign material from self, and to neutralize, eliminate, ...
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    Immunity
    • (a.) Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy. • (a.) Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error. • (n.) The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of di...
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    immunity
    (from the article `immune system`) the complex group of defense responses found in humans and other advanced vertebrates that helps repel disease-causing organisms (pathogens). ... ...tests. The effects of an external force (e.g., radiation or a noxious gas) on a germfree animal are easy to distinguish because there is no ... [27 rel...
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    immunity
    in law, exemption or freedom from liability. In England and the United States a legislator is immune from civil liability for statements made during ... [2 related articles]
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