immune response
Noun
Meaning
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
Source: WordNetSynonyms
immune reaction
immunologic response
inflammation
allergy
immunocompetence
opsonization
passive immunity
defense mechanism
defence mechanism
haptoglobin
defence reaction
defense reaction
defence system
defense system
hyporesponsiveness
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Antonyms
immunodeficiency
immunological disorder
immune deficiency
immunocompromisation
absence of immune response
absence of systemic immune response
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
cell-mediated immune response
complement fixation
anamnestic reaction
anamnestic response
humoral immune response
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Examples
The nature of a protective immune response to HIV is still unclear. Because in a very, very unique manner, unlike virtually any other microbe with which we're familiar, the HIV virus has evolved in a way that the immune system finds it very difficult, if not impossible, to deal with the virus.