Host Defense - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Host Defense;

Obsolete resource : true;

NCIt definition : Host Defenses against pathology include physical barriers to pathogens, immediate nonspecific and constitutive (innate) defenses, specific inducible immune responses, metabolic and physiologic homeostatic mechanisms, detoxification, repair processes, and healing mechanisms.;

NCIt note : See 'Host Defense Mechanism';

Concept status : Retired_Concept;

Details

Origin ID

C21522;

UMLS CUI

C0520990;

Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
- Organism Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Host defense, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- host defense [SNOMED Notion]

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