immunologic response
- noun
- /ˌɪmjunəˈlɑdʒɪk rɪˈspɑns/
- Specialized
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respuesta inmunológica
- Vaccination helps the body develop an immunologic response that protects against future infections.
Examples
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This suggests that allergic rhinitis is a disease of systemic immunologic response and that intranasal corticosteroids have a global effect rather than just a local effect.
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In the second theory, the disease is attributed to an abnormal immunologic response because depression of immunologic cells can be observed.
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Finally, in view of its beneficial effect on eye symptoms, it may have global anti-inflammatory properties and affect the systemic immunologic response to allergic rhinitis.
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Because the viremic phase in orthobunyavirus infections typically is short, we chose to use serologic testing by VNT to evaluate an immunologic response in exposed persons (1, 21).
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Cardiomyopathy in dogs has been attributed to a variety of genetic and environmental factors and could be the manifestation of nutritional deficiencies, immunologic responses, infectious disease, or toxin exposure.
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When the flu virus enters the body, the immune system triggers an immunologic response by producing antibodies to fight it.
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An effective immunologic response can prevent the spread of disease by identifying and attacking harmful pathogens.
Synonyms
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3.0
A physical response in the body to a medicine or allergen that causes symptoms
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4.2
How the body reacts to something like a drug or cold
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4.4
The body's reaction to germs like viruses or bacteria that fights infection
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3.2
The body's defence that attacks foreign things like germs or transplanted organs
How Strong
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'immunologic' (related to the immune system) and 'response' (a bodily reaction); together they straightforwardly denote an immune-system reaction to an antigen. Although somewhat technical, the components compose predictably and the concept is cross-linguistically regular, so a learner who knows both words should understand the phrase.
Etymology
Immunologic response gives a clear image: the body acts like a guard team that sees an invader and sends soldiers to fight. The word immunologic refers to the body's 'immune' system and response is the action it takes, so the phrase means the body defending itself against a germ.