humoral immunity
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Humoral immunity — The Humoral Immune Response (HIR) is the aspect of immunity that is mediated by secreted antibodies (as opposed to cell mediated immunity which involves T lymphocytes) produced in the cells of the B lymphocyte lineage (B cell). Secreted… … Wikipedia
humoral immunity — Immunol. See antibody mediated immunity. * * * humoral immunity noun An acquired immunity in which antibodies circulating in body fluids play the major part • • • Main Entry: ↑humour … Useful english dictionary
humoral immunity — immunity mediated by antibodies. Cf. cell mediated i … Medical dictionary
humoral immunity — noun Immunity to infection due to antibodies, which circulate in the blood and lymph, and which are produced by B cells. Syn: antibody mediated immunity … Wiktionary
Immunity (medical) — Immunity is a biological term that describes a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. Immunity involves both specific and non specific components. The non specific… … Wikipedia
Humoral immune deficiency — Humoral immune deficiencies are conditions which cause impairment of humoral immunity, which can lead to immunodeficiency. It can be mediated by failures of B cells, the plasma cells they differentiate into, or the antibody secreted by the plasma … Wikipedia
Humoral — Pertaining to elements in the blood or other body fluids. In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of the eye. The humors were part of an… … Medical dictionary
humoral — adj. circulating in the bloodstream; humoral immunity requires circulating antibodies … The new mediacal dictionary
Immunity — The condition of being immune. Immunity can be innate (for example, humans are innately immune to canine distemper) or conferred by a previous infection or immunization. * * * 1. The status or quality of being immune (1). 2. Protection against… … Medical dictionary
humoral — (antibody mediated) immunity (hu mor al) The type of immunity that results from the presence of soluble antibodies in blood and lymph; also known as antibody mediated immunity … Dictionary of microbiology
