Many laboratories at The Feinstein Institute study the immune system in health and in disease. Every year, about 500,000 people develop severe sepsis, a syndrome triggered when the body's immune system wages an attack on the body that is well beyond its normal response to an invader.
also rÃ©Â·gime (rÄ-zhÄmâ², rÄ­-) n. 1. a. A government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one: a fascist regime. b. A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization: Raises were canceled under the new regime.
Learner's definition of TYRANT. [count] 1. : a ruler who has complete power over a country and who is cruel and unfair. The country was ruled by a corrupt tyrant [=despot] for decades. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. 2. : someone who uses power in a cruel and unfair way.