immune : Idioms & Phrases

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acquired immune deficiency syndrome

  • noun a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
    AIDS.
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cell-mediated immune response

  • noun an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells
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humoral immune response

  • noun an immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells
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immune carrier

  • noun (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
    carrier.
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immune gamma globulin

  • noun a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
    immunoglobulin; immune gamma globulin; Ig; immune globulin.
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immune globulin

  • noun a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
    immunoglobulin; immune gamma globulin; Ig; immune globulin.
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immune reaction

  • 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
    immune reaction; immunologic response.
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immune response

  • 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
    immune reaction; immunologic response.
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immune serum globulin

  • noun a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
    immunoglobulin; immune gamma globulin; Ig; immune globulin.
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immune suppressant drug

  • noun a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
    immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressive; immunosuppressor.
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immune system

  • noun a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
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tetanus immune globulin

  • noun sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus
    tetanus immunoglobulin.
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