cell-mediated immune response

Definitions of cell-mediated immune response
  1. noun
    an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells
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    immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response
    a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
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