"Immun-" is the medical terminology combining form related to immunity. Sample words are immunological and immunotherapy.
The combining form meaning immune is "immun/o."
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Immunology
The immune system comprises the body's defenses.
The medical term for a foreign substance is "antigen." An antigen is any substance that the immune system identifies as foreign and triggers an immune response.
In medical terminology, a node refers to a small, round, or oval-shaped structure. It can refer to lymph nodes, which are part of the immune system and help fight infection, or to other types of nodes such as nerve nodes or lymphatic nodes.
"Antibody" is the medical term meaning immunity protein. When your body is presented with a foreign protein, the immune system makes antibodies against that protein.
Immunize is the medical term meaning to make resistant to an infectious disease using agents related to the immune system. Prophylax is the medical term meaning giving medication or treatment to prevent disease.
Immune protected areas are immune previledged sites. This include eyes, testis, fetus, brain and placenta. Adverse Immunological responses are not produced in these areas, and hence the tissue grafts in these areas could survive longer period. Cornea transplants are based on this fact.
1.) Immunology 2.) Immunologist
Commonly, with old age, it's Osteoarthritis. With an immune response, it's Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Anaphylaxis is an over response an antigen. It can be life threatening because of the swelling of the mouth and throat.
Anytime the human body resists a bacterial disease, it is with the immune system that it does this with.