Immune response: (1) any response of the immune system to an antigen including antibody production and/or cell-mediated immunity; (2) the response of the immune system to an antigen (immunogen) that leads to the condition of induced sensitivity; the immune response to the initial antigenic exposure (primary immune response) is detectable, as a rule, only after a lag period of from several days to 2 weeks; the immune response to a subsequent stimulus (secondary immune response) by the same antigen is more rapid than in the case of the primary immune response.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Immune response: The activity of the immune system against foreign substances (antigens).
Source: National Institute of Health
Immune response: alteration in the reactivity of the immune system of an organism in response to an antigen; in vertebrates, this may involve antibody production, induction of cell mediated immunity, complement activation or development of immunological tolerance.
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