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Antigen |
A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies |
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Antibodies |
A blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood. |
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Vaccine |
A substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease. |
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Antibiotics |
Substances that inhibit or kill microbes (bacteria) |
