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IMMUNOLOGICAL COMPETENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

Exhibiting immunocompetence: the ability to produce a normal immune response following exposure to an antigen.

CONT

In an immunocompetent individual, the immune response is initiated when introduced to an external agent that possesses an immunogenic structural epitope. The appropriate response depends upon the recognition by surface receptors of B and T lymphocytes of the foreignness of the introduced agent.

Key term(s)
  • immunological competent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Qui est immunocompétent; capable de réagir contre un antigène par une réaction immunologique normale.

CONT

Le fonctionnement des cellules immunocompétentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
DEF

[Dícese de] la capacidad del organismo para responder inmunológicamente a la presencia de antígenos.

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