sistema inmune

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sisˌtema imˈmune/ [sisˌt̪e.ma ĩmˈmu.ne]
  • Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma in‧mu‧ne

Noun

sistema inmune m (plural sistemas inmunes)

  1. (anatomy, immunology) immune system (the system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response)
    Synonyms: sistema inmunitario, sistema inmunológico
    • 2026 February 1, Daniela Guazo, “Un contagio por hora: la epidemia de sarampión que México no pudo frenar [One infection per hour: the measles epidemic that Mexico couldn't stop]”, in El Universal (Mexico)[1], archived from the original on 2 February 2026:
      De hecho, de las 25 defunciones que se tiene registro, en cuatro casos los pacientes tenían entre 31 y 54 años de edad, y solo uno contaba con antecedente de vacunación y con cuadros que generaron complicaciones en su sistema inmune.
      In fact, of the 25 recorded deaths, in four cases the patients were between the ages of 31 and 54, and only one had a history of vaccination and symptoms which caused complications in their immune system.