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Anaphylaxis
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Exaggerated, life- threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encountered antigen
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Antibody
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Protective protein produced by B lymphocytes
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Antigen
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Substance that is recognized as harmful to the host
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Cellular immunity
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Acquired specific resistance, mediated by T cells
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Host
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Organism in or on which another, usually parasitic, organism is nourished and harbored
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Humoral immunity
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Acquired specific resistance, mediated by B cells
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Immunocompetent
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Able to develop an immune response
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Immunopathology
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Study of disease states associated with over reactivity or under reactivity of the immune response
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Opportunistic infection
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Infection occurring in a person with a wakened immmune system and caused by a microbe that under normal conditions would not bring about disease
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Palliative treatment
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Treatment that provides relief, but not a cure
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Serum
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Liquid portion of blood that remains after the removal of fibrinogen
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Adne/o
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Gland
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Agglutin/o
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Clumping, gluing
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Bas/o
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Base (alkaline
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Blast/o
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Embryonic cell
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