immune_reaction (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *immune reaction*:
NOUN	act	immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response	a bodily / bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen

English > *immune reaction*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A bodily / 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.
Synonyms	immune response, immunologic response
Category	bacteria, bacterium	(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission
Category	fungus	An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter
Parts	complement	One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
Narrower	anamnestic response, anamnestic reaction	renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen
	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)
	humoral immune response	An immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells
Broader	reaction, response	A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

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