We found 3 definitions of immune response from 3 different sources.
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immune 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 | ||
immune reaction, immunologic response | ||
reaction, response doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" | ||
fungus an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | ||
bacteria, bacterium (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 | ||
anamnestic reaction, anamnestic response renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen | ||
humoral immune response an immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells | ||
cell-mediated immune response an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells | ||
complement fixation an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination) |