immune system
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English
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[edit ]Noun
[edit ]immune system (plural immune systems )
- (anatomy , immunology ) 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.
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[edit ]system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms
- Arabic: جِهَاز المَنَاعَة m (jihāz al-manāʕa), الْجِهَاز المَنَاعِيّ m (al-jihāz al-manāʕiyy)
- Armenian: իմունային համակարգ (hy) (imunayin hamakarg)
- Belarusian: іму́нная сістэ́ма f (imúnnaja sistéma)
- Bulgarian: иму́нна систе́ма f (imúnna sistéma)
- Catalan: sistema immunitari m
- Chinese:
- Czech: imunitní systém m
- Danish: immunforsvar (da) n, immunsystem n
- Dutch: immuunsysteem (nl) n
- Esperanto: imuna sistemo
- Faroese: órininkervi
- Finnish: vastustuskyky (fi) , immuunijärjestelmä (fi)
- French: système immunitaire (fr) m
- Georgian: იმუნური სისტემა (imunuri sisṭema)
- German: Immunsystem (de) n
- Greek: ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα (el) n (anosopoiitikó sýstima), ανοσοποιητικό (el) n (anosopoiitikó)
- Hebrew: אימון־סיסטעם
- Hungarian: immunrendszer (hu)
- Icelandic: ónæmiskerfi n
- Irish: córas imdhíonachta m
- Italian: sistema immunitario (it) m
- Japanese: 免疫系 (ja) (めんえきけい, men'eki-kei)
- Korean: 면역계(免疫系) (myeonyeokgye)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: koendama bergiriyê f
- Māori: pūnaha awhikiri
- Navajo: naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: immunforsvar n, immunsystem , immunapparat
- Nynorsk: immunforsvar n, immunsystem , immunapparat
- Persian: دستگاه ایمنی (dastgâh-e imeni)
- Polish: układ odpornościowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: sistema imunológico m
- Romanian: sistem imunitar
- Russian: имму́нная систе́ма (ru) f (immúnnaja sistéma)
- Slovene: imunski sistem m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: imunostny system , system imunosći
- Upper Sorbian: imunostny system , imunitny system
- Spanish: sistema inmunitario m, sistema inmunológico (es) m (Mexico), sistema inmune m
- Sundanese: imunisasi
- Swahili: mfumo wa kinga
- Swedish: immunförsvar (sv) n, immunsystem (sv) n
- Tagalog: sistemang pananggalang
- Tamil: நோய் எதிர்ப்பாற்றல் முறைமை (nōy etirppāṟṟal muṟaimai)
- Telugu: రోగ నిరోధక వ్యవస్థు (rōga nirōdhaka vyavasthu)
- Thai: ระบบภูมิคุ้มกัน
- Turkish: bağışıklık sistemi (tr)
- Ukrainian: іму́нна систе́ма f (imúnna systéma)
- Urdu: مدافعتی نظام
- Vietnamese: hệ miễn dịch
- Welsh: system imiwnedd m or f
Further reading
[edit ]- immune system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- "immune system", in OneLook Dictionary Search.