The Body's Mechanisms to Protect Itself Against Pathogens in General

question 64

Short Answer

The body's mechanisms to protect itself against pathogens in general are called nonspecific defenses or ________ immunity

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Definitions:

Enolate

An anion formed by the deprotonation of an alpha-hydrogen of a carbonyl compound, important in many organic reactions.

Haloform Reaction

A chemical reaction where a haloform is produced by the halogenation of methyl ketones in the presence of base.

2-Pentanone

An organic compound with the formula C5H10O, a ketone with a five-carbon chain, with the carbonyl group at the second carbon.

Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction

A chemical reaction used for the halogenation of carboxylic acids at the α position.