immune response
nounDefinition of immune response
: a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless
— called also immune reaction
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The combination of a feasting amoeba and a blizzard of immune responses leads to significant tissue and nerve damage, and ultimately—most of the time—death. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Brain-eating amoeba kills again—here’s how it kills and how to avoid it," 26 July 2019 Cordua describes Thorn’s mission as a kind of immune response to an undertreated disease of the internet. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "How Facial Recognition Is Fighting Child Sex Trafficking," 19 June 2019 Those mites feed on the bees’ fats and that’s where the insects store protein and center their immune response. — Seth Borenstein, Twin Cities, "Survey sees biggest US honeybee winter die-off yet," 19 June 2019 Consuming it as a byproduct of red meat causes the human body to react with an immune response as well as chronic inflammation. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Evolution may be why humans are prone to heart attacks, study says," 22 July 2019 Acting on this information, researcher Klaus Ley at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology is testing a heart attack vaccine in animals to defuse this abnormal immune response. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Heart disease is the price of becoming human, UCSD study finds," 22 July 2019 Those microbial communities are thought to influence a variety of health factors, like breaking down food, cycling hormones, modulating immune responses, and protecting against hostile invaders. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "One dead after poop transplant gone wrong, FDA warns," 14 June 2019 Depending on the patient's immune response and access to medical care, Ebola can be fatal 35 to 90 percent of the time, which is why local and global health officials work so hard to contain outbreaks. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "What is the Ebola virus, and can it be stopped?," 9 Apr. 2019 Most of the 393 adults in the trials showed strengthened immune responses, and side effects were minimal. — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, "State of Science: A New Weapon Against HIV," 1 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immune response.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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