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immovable bandage
  • n  a bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is applied
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immune carrier
  • n  (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
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immune gamma globulin
  • n  a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
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immune globulin
  • n  a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
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immune reaction
  • n  a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
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immune response
  • n  a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
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immune serum globulin
  • n  a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
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immune suppressant drug
  • n  a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
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immune system
  • n  a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
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immunisation
  • n  the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
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immunity
  • n  the state of not being susceptible
  • n  (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  • n  the quality of being unaffected by something
    immunity to criticism
  • n  an act exempting someone
    he was granted immunity from prosecution
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immunization
  • n  the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
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immunizing agent
  • n  any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body
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