immune response, n.
a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
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immune reaction immune response immunologic response
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domain of synset (topic)
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anamnestic response, anamnestic reaction
humoral immune response
cell-mediated immune response
complement fixation
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