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innocent
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innocent /in·no·cent/ (in´o-sent) not malignant; benign; not tending of its own nature to a fatal issue.
in·no·cent (n-snt)
adj.
Not apparently harmful; benign.
innocent
[in′əsənt]
Etymology: L, innocens, harmless
benign, innocuous, or functional; not malignant, such as an innocent heart murmur.
innocent
not malignant; benign.
innocent bystander reaction
when antibody attaches to antigen bound to erythrocytes, the erythrocytes are marked for complement mediated lysis and phagocytosis by reticuloendothelial cells, these 'innocent bystander' cells are protected from lysis by complement components.


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