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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An integrated bodily response to an antigen, especially one mediated by lymphocytes and involving recognition of antigens by specific antibodies or previously sensitized lymphocytes.
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- noun immunology The
body 'sintegrated response to anantigen , mediated bylymphocytes .
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- 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
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