immune system
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a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
Types & categories
- system hypernym
Parts & wholes
- marrow part meronym
- thymus gland part meronym
- lymph node part meronym
- reticuloendothelial system part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | marrow |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | thymus gland |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lymph node |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | reticuloendothelial system |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | system |