immunologic response
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 • Syn: immune response, immune reaction • Topics: fungus, bacteria, bacterium • Hypernyms: reaction, response • Hyponyms: anamnestic response, anamnestic reaction, humoral immune response, cell-mediated immune response, complement fixation • Part Meronyms: complement
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