defense response
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006952
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. [ GOC:go_curators ]
Synonyms: defence response, physiological defense response
Term info
antimicrobial peptide activity, defense/immunity protein activity
GO:0002217, GO:0042829
biological_process
GO:0006952