defence reaction

"That was merely a defence reaction," said Mr. Greaves, glaring at her.

Heitefuss, R. (2001) Defence reactions of plants to fungal pathogens: principles and perspectives, using powdery mildew on cereals as an example.

Mellor, R.B. and D.B. Collinge (1995): A simple model based on known plant defence reactions is sufficient to explain most aspects of nodulation.

The amazing habit of the spitting cobra of squirting venom for a distance of several feet into the eyes of other animals, including humans, is mainly a defence reaction.

I had some evidence of a highly developed defence reaction, but as far as aggression went... all I really had were a few scattered holos from the present time and Sammis's and Heimdall's concerns that they would overrun the galaxy.

The term immungenetics comprises all processes of an organism, which are on the one hand controlled and influenced by the genes of the organism, and are one the other hand significant with regard to the immunological defence reactions of the organism.

Apart from these external effects on the organism, there are also defence reactions regarding the body's own cells, e.g. in the scope of the bodily reactions on cancer and the lacking reaction of a body on healthy cells in the scope of an immune-mediated disease.