| Term Name: | defense response |
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| Synonyms: | antimicrobial peptide activity, defence response, defense/immunity protein activity, physiological defense response |
| Definition: | Reactions, triggered in response to the presence of a foreign body or the occurrence of an injury, which result in restriction of damage to the organism attacked or prevention/recovery from the infection caused by the attack. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006952] QuickGO AmiGO |