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immunity
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Types
innate immunity
acquired immunity
Pathology
dysimmunity
- auto-immunity
- immune deficiencies
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Definition : In biology, immunity is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.
See also : immune system
Pathology
immune deficiencies
dysimmunity / dysimmune diseases
- autoimunity / autoimmune diseases
- autoinflammatory diseases
See also
functions
Open references
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Paywall references
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