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mediastinal mass 485 Mediterranean lymphoma<br />

Eyes<br />

• Washing of tears<br />

• Lysozyme<br />

Respiratory<br />

tract<br />

• Mucus<br />

• Cilated<br />

epithelium<br />

• Alveolar<br />

macrophages<br />

Genitourinary<br />

tract<br />

• Washing of urine<br />

• Acidity of urine<br />

• Lysozyme<br />

• Vaginal lactic acid<br />

Intact skin<br />

Mucus<br />

Motion of cilia<br />

Coughing/sneezing<br />

Cell shedding<br />

Flushing of microbes by tears, saliva, urine,<br />

perspiration, other body fluids<br />

Emesis and diarrhea aid microbial elimination<br />

Mechanical barriers against infection.<br />

director of the Medical Research Council in 1962 and of<br />

the Clinical Research Center at Northwick Park in 1971.<br />

With Billingham and Brent, he made seminal discoveries in<br />

transplantation and immunobiology and described immunological<br />

tolerance and its importance for tissue transplantation.<br />

He shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Medicine or<br />

Physiology with Sir MacFarlane Burnett.<br />

mediastinal mass<br />

A structure situated in proximity to the heart and thymus<br />

that lies between the sternum and the vertebral column.<br />

Mediterranean lymphoma<br />

Refer to immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID).<br />

External defense barriers of the human body.<br />

Skin<br />

• Anatomic barrier<br />

• Antimicrobial<br />

secretions<br />

Digestive tract<br />

• Stomach acidity<br />

• Normal flora<br />

Peter Brian Medawar.<br />

M

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