immune reaction
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1. 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 (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | reaction, response, |
| definition | : | a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | humoral immune response, |
| definition | : | an immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cell-mediated immune response, |
| definition | : | an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | complement fixation, |
| definition | : | an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination) (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | complement, |
| definition | : | one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response (noun.substance) |
| domain category | : | bacteria, bacterium, |
| definition | : | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants (noun.animal) |
| domain category | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
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