immune defense
Pathogen resistance system
Immune defense refers to the body's systems and processes that protect against disease, infection, and foreign substances.
White blood cells, antibodies, and other mechanisms work together to identify and neutralize threats: The vaccine stimulates your immune defense against the virus.
The phrase appears in medical and biological contexts, sometimes used more broadly for any protective response against harmful agents.
- eosinophilsGranular leukocytes fighting parasites
- antigensImmunity-triggering foreign substances
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
- interleukinsImmune cell signaling proteins
- toll-like receptorsInnate immune pattern sensors
inflammatory response · macrophage · natural killer cell · killer T cells · autoimmune diseases · physical barriers · monocytes · immunoglobulin · inflammation · lymphocytes · cytokines · attack · fever · bone marrow · healing · vaccination · spleen · barrier
- immunologyantibodies, antigens, T cells, white blood cells, lymphocytes
- gliaastrocyte, astrocytes, microglia, neuroglia, radial glia
immune defensesusceptibility
Liability to influence
vulnerability · immunodeficiency · defenselessness · exposure · immunosuppression
immune defenseautoimmunity
Immune system targets self
self-destruction · autoimmune response · hypersensitivity · allergic reaction · cytokine storm