English-Italian translations for immune system

• sistema immunitario
  I bambini, che hanno un sistema immunitario più debole e il cui fisico si disidrata più rapidamente, sono particolarmente a rischio. Children, who have weaker immune systems and whose bodies dehydrate faster, are particularly endangered.
  E' stato scientificamente provato che alcuni di essi sono responsabili di allergie e che indeboliscono il sistema immunitario. Some of them have been scientifically proven to be implicated in allergies and to undermine the immune system.
  Il fenomeno è tuttavia oggetto di uno scrupoloso esame, in ragione della somiglianza tra il sistema immunitario dei suini e quello dell’uomo. This is, however, being watched very closely because of the similarity between the immune system of pigs and of humans.

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