English Explanatory Dictionary

adaptive immune system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A system, activated by the innate immune system, that consists of particularly specialized systemic cells and processes that remove or counter pathogenic growth.

Word forms

adaptive immune system adaptive immune systems

Related words

adaptive immunity immune system
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