immune response

noun

: a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless

called also immune reaction

Examples of immune response in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While most vaccines use a weakened or inactivated virus to stimulate an immune response, mRNA vaccines teach the body how to make proteins that can trigger an immune response and fight off an infection. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 May 2025

Those mRNA vaccines prompt the patient to produce small amounts of virus to help create an immune response while the Adjuvanted has a protein spike to create the coupled with a Matrix-M adjuvant to prompt an immune response. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

The live zoster vaccine, no longer available in the US as of 2020, contains a living but weakened form of the virus used to generate an immune response. —Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 9 May 2025

In addition to dampening this immune response, roflumilast inhibits sensory nerve cells, reducing itching. —Paul McClure 07, New Atlas, 7 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for immune response

• bons
• hans
• launce
• nonce
• sconce
• esperance
• nonchalance
• nonresponse
• renaissance
• naissance

Kids Definition

immune response

noun

: a bodily response to a foreign substance, cell, or tissue that involves the formation of antibodies and cells capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless

called also immune reaction

Medical Definition

immune response

noun

: a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless

called also immune reaction