English-French translations for immune system

• système immunitaire
  Notre système immunitaire n’est tout simplement pas prêt à être confronté aux nanoparticules. Our immune system is simply not adapted to cope with nanoparticles.
  Il porte atteinte au système nerveux et au système immunitaire, et il représente un danger particulier pour les bébés et les enfants. It damages the nervous system and immune system and is especially harmful to babies and children.
  On assiste à un effondrement général du fonctionnement du système immunitaire humain. There is a widespread breakdown in the functioning of the human immune system.

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