IMMUNE SYSTEM
Dictionary entry overview: What does immune system mean?
• IMMUNE SYSTEM (noun)
The noun IMMUNE SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
Familiarity information: IMMUNE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IMMUNE SYSTEM (noun)
Meaning:
A system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("immune system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "immune system"):
bone marrow; marrow (the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones)
thymus; thymus gland (a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age)
lymph gland; lymph node; node (the source of lymph and lymphocytes)
RES; reticuloendothelial system (a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells)
