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Antibody/immunoglobulins
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Protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to the presence of a foreign substance called an antigen
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Antigen
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Substance recognized as harmful to the host that stimulates formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual.
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Bile pigment
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Substance derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin and excreted by the liver.
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Cytokine
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Chemical substance produced by certain cells that initiates, inhibits, increases, or decreases activity in the other cells.
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Cytokinea are important chemical communicators in the immune response regulating many activities associated with immunity and inflammation.
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Immunocompetent
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Ability to develop an immune response or recognize antigens and respond to them.
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Natural Killer(NK) cells
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Specialized lymphocytes that kill abnormal cells by releasing chemicals that destroy the cell membrane causing it's intercellular fluids to leak out.
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NK cells destroy virally infected cells and tumor cells.
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Adenoid- resembling a gland
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Agglutin/o
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Clumping, gluing
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Agglutination: process of clumping
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Bas/o
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Base(alkaline, opposite of acid)
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Basophil: an attraction to basd(alkaline dyes)
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