any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus produ…
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Macrophage
a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
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a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic org…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, Biology.(biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
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Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.any of the group of common autoantibodies present in blood.; "The presence an antiphospholipid antibody in blood, such as the lupus an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from stickin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, phagocyte, some, fixed, circulate.a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distingui…
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