defence system
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefenceandsystem
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defence
noun
uk/dɪˈfens/us/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofdefenceandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The high proteinase activity of excretory+secretory products may destroy the host tissue and interfere with the hostdefencesystem.
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Several features strongly suggest that the hostdefencesystemis playing an active role as a cause of entoniscid mortality.
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Parasite accumulation through the suppression of the host'sdefencesystemis thought to have been the most likely cause of the multiple infection.
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One particularity of larval echinostomes is that they seem to interfere with their snail host internaldefencesystem.
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Interactions between genes involved in the antioxidantdefencesystemand breast cancer risk.
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Prostanoids can also be considered an effectivedefencesystembecause of their noteworthy immunomodulator and cytoprotective effects.
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Numbers 8 and 9 involve liver-secreted inhibitors of bacterial proteases, which are thought to be an importantdefencesystemfor the mammal.
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The interactions of schistosomes with haemostatic defence mechanisms have so far generated considerably less research interest than their interactions with the immunologicaldefencesystem.
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But now a number of steps have been taken towards a commondefencesystem.
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The true test of anydefencesystemlies in its ability to afford immediate and effective assistance to any country threatened with aggression.
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We could easily have a criminaldefencesystemwithout making advocates employees of the court.
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We are all units in thedefencesystem—men, women and almost children.
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