English noun: immune response | |||
1. | immune response (act) 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 | ||
Synonyms | immune reaction, immunologic response | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reaction, response | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anamnestic reaction, anamnestic response, cell-mediated immune response, complement fixation, humoral immune response | ||
Part holonym | complement | ||
Domain category | bacteria, bacterium, fungus | ||