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Hemic and Immune Systems > Immune System

Preferred term

Immune System  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /physiol: consider also IMMUNITY and its indentions

Scope note

  • The body's defense mechanism against foreign organisms or substances and deviant native cells. It includes the humoral immune response and the cell-mediated response and consists of a complex of interrelated cellular, molecular, and genetic components.

History note

  • 1985

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007107

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