immunosurveillancen.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊsəˈveɪləns/, /ˌɪmjᵿnəʊsəˈveɪln̩s/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊsəˈveɪləns/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊsəˈveɪln̩s/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊsərˈveɪləns/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊsərˈveɪləns/ Medicine and Biology.
Recognition and destruction of abnormal cells (esp. neoplastic cells) by the immune system.
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1963 F. M. Burnet in Med. Jrnl. Austral. 16 Nov. 820/1 A system of what we can call self-recognition, surveillance and immunity.]
1970 Lancet 3 Oct. 710/1 The term ‘immunosurveillance’ is being used increasingly in cancer immunology to describe the body's recognition and reaction against newly developed malignant cells.
1990 Sci. Amer. May 37/3 These cells, ubiquitous in mammals, appear to be part of a primitive immunosurveillance mechanism that can eliminate cancerous or otherwise altered cells nonspecifically.
2006 I. T. Manyonda Immunol. Human Reprod. iv. 115 The notion of an ‘immunosurveillance system’ against cancer is widely believed, but whether it exists, and its nature, are subjects of debate and speculation.
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