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Blood, Lymph, and Immune System

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Anaphylaxia   exaggerated, life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen  
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antibody   protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to the presence of a foreign substances called an antigen, which the immune system regards as harmful to the host  
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antigen   substance that is recognized as harmful to the host and stimulates the formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual  
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cellular immunity   acquired specific resistance, mediated by T cells, that produces reactive substances or directly exerts a cytotoxic effect on a cell that is identified as harmful  
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host   organism in or on which another, usually parasitic, organism is nourished and harbored  
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hummoral immunity   acquited specific resistance, mediated by B cells, that produces antibodies that bind to and dispose of antigens  
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immunocempetent   able to develop an immune response; abled to recognize antigens and respond to them  
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immunopathology   study of disease states associated with overreactivity or underreactivity of the immune response  
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opportunistic infection   infection occurring in a person with a weakend immune system and caused by a microorgansim that, under normarl conditions, would not bring about disease  
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palliative treatment   treatment that provides relief, but not a cure  
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serum   lipid portions of blood that remains after the removal of fibrinogen  
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