English-Finnish translations for immune system

• immuunijärjestelmä
  Erityisessä vaarassa ovat lapset, joiden immuunijärjestelmä on heikko ja joiden kehot kuivuvat nopeasti. Children, who have weaker immune systems and whose bodies dehydrate faster, are particularly endangered.
• vastustuskyky

Definition of immune system

• The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies

Related words

• innate immune system
• non-specific immune system
• adaptive immune system
• acquired immune system
• specific immune system