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

That work is as crucial to public health as laboratory research on immune response. —A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026

The virus replicates there without immediately killing cells and triggering an immune response. —Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 13 May 2026

Your Immune System May Become Balanced Vitamin D and zinc may also tamp down hyperactive immune responses that occur in autoimmune diseases (conditions in which the body attacks itself). —Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026

This electrical signal also appears to help activate the body's immune response — without adding new toxins into the body, like chemotherapies do. —Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 12 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for immune response

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

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