IMMUNE SYSTEM


Meaning of IMMUNE SYSTEM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1919

: the bodily system that protects the body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues by producing the immune response and that includes especially the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, special deposits of lymphoid tissue (as in the gastrointestinal tract and bone marrow), macrophages, lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and antibodies

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