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Immune System

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Definition: The body's defense mechanism against foreign organisms or substances and deviant native cells. It includes the humoral immune response and the cell-mediated response and consists of a complex of interrelated cellular, molecular, and genetic components.  GEN: prefer specifics; /physiol: consider also IMMUNITY & its indentions   
Examples Antibody-Producing Cells; Antigen-Presenting Cells; Bone Marrow; Enterochromaffin Cells; Immunological Synapses; Leukocytes; Lymphatic System; Mast Cells; Phagocytes; Mononuclear Phagocyte System 		Other names Systems, Immune; System, Immune; Immune Systems

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