symbiont-mediated perturbation of host defenses https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/25016 avoidance of defenses of other organism during symbiotic interaction perturbation of host defenses by symbiont GO:0051807 evasion of other organism defence response evasion or tolerance of host defense response evasion or tolerance of host defenses evasion or tolerance of defenses of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction evasion or tolerance of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction evasion or tolerance of defenses of other organism during symbiotic interaction evasion of host defence response GO:0051834 GO:0051832 avoidance of host defenses avoidance of defenses of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction A process in which a symbiont alters or subverts the normal execution of a host organism's defense response. The host defense response is mounted by the host in response to the presence of the symbiont. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. GO:0044415 avoidance of host defences GO:0044413 mitigation of host defenses by symbiont evasion or tolerance of defenses of other organism evasion or tolerance of defense response of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction GO:0030682 biological_process symbiont-mediated response to host defenses