Adaptive İmmunity

* 1A collective term for the long-lasting and specific response of lymphocytes to antigens Requires the MHC, T-cell receptors (TCR) and immunoglobulins (Ig) as well as enzymes with a recombinase activity (for the rearrangements at TCR and Ig gene loci) Present in all vertebrates except jawless fish (see innate immunity)
English Related Words* acquired immunity
* active immunity
* adaptive
* adaptive answering
* adaptive channel allocation
* adaptive communication environment
* adaptive communications
* adaptive control system
* adaptive differential pulse code modulation
* adaptive differential pulse code modulation (adpcm)
* adaptive digital pulse code modulation
* adaptive equalization
* adaptive filter
* adaptive learning
* adaptive optics