| 单词 | immune system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimmune system immune system n. Medicine (and Biology) the complex system of organs, cells, and molecules responsible for producing the body's protective response to a foreign organism or substance or its own abnormal cells. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > [noun] > make-up responsible for immune response immune system1943 1943 Science 30 Apr. 406/1 Complement..is removed by the addition of an antigen and the corresponding rabbit antibody unrelated to the immune system to be analysed. 1965 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. iv. 8/3 Enlisting the body's own natural defense mechanisms—primarily the immune system—to fight cancer is one approach. 1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) iv. 76 The immune system identifies invaders, switches itself on, generates defenders armed specifically to deal with whatever invaders are around, kills them and switches itself off before the body is unduly harmed. 2004 Guardian 13 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 87/3 Although not fully understood, lichen sclerosis is thought to be related to two major causal factors: an overactive immune system or a bacterium that may cause the immune system to become active. < as lemmas |
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