immune system (redirected from Immunological response)

immune system

n.

The integrated body system of organs, tissues, cells, and cell products such as antibodies that differentiates self from nonself and neutralizes potentially pathogenic organisms or substances.

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immune system

The body system in humans and other animals that protects the organism by distinguishing foreign tissue and neutralizing potentially pathogenic organisms or substances. The immune system includes organs such as the skin and mucous membranes, which provide an external barrier to infection, cells involved in the immune response, such as lymphocytes, and cell products such as lymphokines. See also autoimmune diseaseimmune response

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

immune system - 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 system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" bone marrow, marrow - the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones thymus gland, thymus - a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age lymph gland, lymph node, node - the source of lymph and lymphocytes RES, reticuloendothelial system - a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

Translations

immune system

n → Immunsystem nt

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immune system n → sistema m immunitario

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immune system → جهاز المناعة imunitní systém immunsystem Immunsystem ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα sistema inmunológico immuunijärjestelmä système immunitaire imuni sustav sistema immunitario 免疫系 면역 체계 immuunsysteem immunsystem system immunologiczny sistema imunológico иммунная система immunsystem ระบบต่อต้านเชื้อโรค bağışıklık sistemi hệ miễn dịch 免疫系统