adaptive immunity

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Definition of adaptive immunity in English Turkish dictionary

Edinilmiş bağışıklık, sonradan kazanılmış bağışıklık

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Definition of adaptive immunity in English English dictionary

A collective term for the long-lasting and specific response of lymphocytes to antigens. Requires the MHC, T-cell receptors (TCR) and immunoglobulins (Ig) as well as enzymes with a recombinase activity (for the rearrangements at TCR and Ig gene loci). Present in all vertebrates except jawless fish (see innate immunity)

Hyphenation

a·dap·tive im·mu·ni·ty

Turkish pronunciation

ıdäptîv îmyunıti

Pronunciation

/əˈdaptəv əˈmyo͞onətē/ /əˈdæptɪv ɪˈmjuːnətiː/