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immune response vs cell-mediated immune response

cell-mediated immune response vs immune response

immune response and cell-mediated immune response both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
immune response Yes No No No
cell-mediated immune response Yes No No No
As nouns, cell-mediated immune response is a hyponym of immune response; that is, cell-mediated immune response is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than immune response:
  • immune response: a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
  • cell-mediated immune response: an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells
immune response (noun) cell-mediated immune response (noun)
a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells
Difference between immune response and cell-mediated immune response

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