Term: neutrophil activation of immune response
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Name: neutrophil
Synonyms: neutrocyte, neutrophil leucocyte, neutrophil leukocyte, neutrophilic leucocyte, neutrophilic leukocyte, PMN, polymorphonuclear leucocyte, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, polymorphonuclear neutrophil, polynuclear neutrophilic leucocyte, polynuclear neutrophilic leukocyte
Definition: Any of the immature or mature forms of a granular leukocyte that in its mature form has a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009327]
Name: activation of immune response
Synonyms:
Definition: Any process that initiates an immune response.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002253]    QuickGO    AmiGO