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Antigen
an·ti·gen/ˈantijən/Noun:A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, esp. the production of antibodies.
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What is the foreign material that invades the body?
antigens
An oranism or substance that invades the body and damages cells?
Antigen
What is the medical term meaning Foreign substance in the human body?
A foreign substance is a substance that doesn't belong somewhere. A piece of glass or splinter is a foreign substance that people get in their body.
What is foreign substance?
A foreign substance is a substance that doesn't belong somewhere. A piece of glass or splinter is a foreign substance that people get in their body.
How can foreign materials enter the body?
A foreign material that invades the body is called an antigen. Examples of antigens are bacteria, dust particles, viruses and toxins.
A substance formed by the body in reaction to a perceived foreign substance is?
lymphokine
Any foreign substance that enters the body and induces an immune response is called?
Antigen
What is any foreign substance that is in your body and not supose to be there?
pathogen
Is any substance that the body regards as being foreign and includes viruses bacteria toxins and transplanted tissues?
antigen- any substance the body regards as foreign
Response of the body to invasion of foreign substance?
The body usually forms antibodies in response to invasion by a foreign material.
What is the medical term meaning proteins foreign to the body?
A heterologous protein; however, any abnormal substance (bacteria, viruses, cancer cells) in the body is called an antigen
How often does the immune system produce antibodies?
When a foreign substance enters the body.
