any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus produ…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.Rh factor
a blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia
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any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures int…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures int…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.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.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.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.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.a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted org…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted org…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.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.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.immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.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.a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted org…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology.immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup
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any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.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: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen.; "The term ambo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.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: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.The group used as a baseline for judging what changed because of the intervention.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.A property that makes particles attract or repel electrically.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.a medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood; used to treat iron-deficiency anemia
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blood, group, antigen, possessed, rh-positive.Explore Academic Dictionary
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