adaptive immune system

noun

A system, activated by the innate immune system, that consists of particularly specialized systemic cells and processes that remove or counter pathogenic growth.

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Meanings

nounadaptive immune system (plural adaptive immune systems)

plural adaptive immune systems

  1. immunologyA system, activated by the innate immune system, that consists of particularly specialized systemic cells and processes that remove or counter pathogenic growth.
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