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The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, immunology, medicine, sciences
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a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جِهَاز المَنَاعَة
(jihāz al-manāʕa)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Arabic:
الْجِهَاز المَنَاعِيّ
(al-jihāz al-manāʕiyy)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Armenian:
իմունային համակարգ
(imunayin hamakarg)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Belarusian:
іму́нная сістэ́ма
(imúnnaja sistéma)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Bulgarian:
иму́нна систе́ма
(imúnna sistéma)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Catalan:
sistema immunitari
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Chinese Cantonese:
免疫系統 /免疫系统
(min5 jik6 hai6 tung2)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Chinese Mandarin:
免疫系統 /免疫系统
(miǎnyì xìtǒng)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Czech:
imunitní systém
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Danish:
immunforsvar
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Danish:
immunsystem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Dutch:
immuunsysteem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Esperanto:
imuna sistemo
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Faroese:
órininkervi
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Finnish:
vastustuskyky
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Finnish:
immuunijärjestelmä
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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French:
système immunitaire
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Georgian:
იმუნური სისტემა
(imunuri sisṭema)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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German:
Immunsystem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Greek:
ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα
(anosopoiitikó sýstima)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Greek:
ανοσοποιητικό
(anosopoiitikó)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Hebrew:
אימון־סיסטעם
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Hungarian:
immunrendszer
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Icelandic:
ónæmiskerfi
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Irish:
córas imdhíonachta
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Italian:
sistema immunitario
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Japanese:
免疫系
(men'eki-kei)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Korean:
면역계
(myeonyeokgye)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Northern Kurdish:
koendama bergiriyê
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Māori:
pūnaha awhikiri
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Navajo:
naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Norwegian Bokmål:
immunforsvar
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Norwegian Bokmål:
immunsystem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Norwegian Bokmål:
immunapparat
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
immunforsvar
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
immunsystem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
immunapparat
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Persian:
دستگاه ایمنی
(dastgâh-e imeni)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Polish:
układ odpornościowy
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Portuguese:
sistema imunológico
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Romanian:
sistem imunitar
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Russian:
имму́нная систе́ма
(immúnnaja sistéma)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Slovene:
imunski sistem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Spanish:
sistema inmunitario
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Spanish:
sistema inmunológico
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Spanish:
sistema inmune
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Sundanese:
imunisasi
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Swahili:
mfumo wa kinga
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Swedish:
immunförsvar
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Swedish:
immunsystem
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Tagalog:
sistemang pananggalang
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Tamil:
நோய் எதிர்ப்பாற்றல் முறைமை
(nōy etirppāṟṟal muṟaimai)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Telugu:
రోగ నిరోధక వ్యవస్థు
(rōga nirōdhaka vyavasthu)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Thai:
ระบบภูมิคุ้มกัน
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Turkish:
bağışıklık sistemi
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Ukrainian:
іму́нна систе́ма
(imúnna systéma)
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Urdu:
مدافعتی نظام
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Vietnamese:
hệ miễn dịch
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
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Welsh:
system imiwnedd
— system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
