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immune system
noun
: the system that protects your body from diseases and infections
Full Definition of IMMUNE SYSTEM
: 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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First Known Use of IMMUNE SYSTEM
circa 1919
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immune system
noun
Definition of IMMUNE SYSTEM for Kids
: the system of the body that fights infection and disease and that includes especially the white blood cells and antibodies and the organs that produce them
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immune system
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Medical Definition of IMMUNE SYSTEM
: 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), lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and antibodies
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