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response 1. Bridge a bid replying to a partner's bid or double 2. Christianity a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service 3. Electronics the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device 4. any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system response [ri′späns] (communications) (control systems) A quantitative expression of the output of a device or system as a function of the input. Also known as system response. (statistics) The value of some measurable quantity after a treatment has been applied. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| DeDecker of Harvard Medical School in Boston and his colleagues were attempting to find a compound that would "knock the peptide out" of the immune proteins' grasp, thereby reducing an autoimmune response, DeDecker says. Although an autoimmune response occurs in most persons, clinically relevant autoimmune disease develops only in susceptible persons (Figure 2). New Zealand black mice have an autoimmune response that leads to red blood cell lysis and kidney damage; males and females are equally affected. |
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