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Definition of Immune reaction
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Immune Response, Immunologic Response
Generic synonyms: Reaction, Response
Specialized synonyms: Anamnestic Reaction, Anamnestic Response, Humoral Immune Response, Cell-mediated Immune Response, Complement Fixation
Category relationships: Bacteria, Bacterium, Fungus
Terms within: Complement
Generic synonyms: Reaction, Response
Specialized synonyms: Anamnestic Reaction, Anamnestic Response, Humoral Immune Response, Cell-mediated Immune Response, Complement Fixation
Category relationships: Bacteria, Bacterium, Fungus
Terms within: Complement
Definition of Immune reaction
1. Noun. All the changes in a tissue that result from the action of a foreign substance introduced into an organism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Immune reaction
1. Antigen-antibody reaction indicating a certain degree of resistance, usually in reference to the 36-to 48-hour reaction in vaccination against smallpox; because the degree of resistance indicated by the reaction is not true immunity and may disappear relatively rapidly there is a tendency to refer to the immune reaction as an allergic reaction. (05 Mar 2000)
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