The Immune System
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BananaizaFunnyFruit on January 12, 2008
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The Immune System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 immunity | ability of the body to resist a specific pathogen |
| inflammatory response | nonspecific defense reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection |
| fever | elevated body temperature that occurs in response to infection |
| interferon | one of a group of proteins that help cells resist viral infection |
| immune response | the body's specific defenses that attack a disease-causing agent |
| antigen | substance that triggers an immune response |
| humoral immunity | immunity against antigens and pathogens in the body fluids |
| cell-mediated immunity | immunity against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells |
| antibody | protein that helps destroy pathogens |
| vaccination | injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce immunity |
| active immunity | immunity produced by exposure to an antigen, as a result of the immune response |
| passive immunity | short-term immunity caused when antibodies produced by other animals for a pathogen are injected into the body |
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