im·mu·nol·o·gy ( m y -n l -j )n. The branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system, innate and acquired immunity, the bodily distinction of self from nonself, and laboratory techniques involving the interaction of antigens with specific antibodies. im mu·no·logic (-n-ljk), immu·no·logi·cal adj.im mu·no·logi·cal·ly adv.im mu·nolo·gist n. |
immunology [ˌɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the branch of biological science concerned with the study of immunity
immunologic [ˌɪmjʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk], immunological adj
immunologically adv
immunologist n
| immunology (my-nl-j) The scientific study of the structure and function of the immune system. |
immunology
the branch of biomedical science that studies immunity from disease and the production of such immunity. — immunologist, n. — immunologie, immunological, adj.
See also: Medical Specialties
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| Noun | 1. | immunology - the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system immunofluorescence - (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques chemoimmunology, immunochemistry - the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) immunopathology - the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system affinity - (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody incompatibility - (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) antigen - any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) antigenic determinant, epitope, determinant - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself monovalent - containing only one kind of antibody polyvalent - containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen; "a polyvalent vaccine" |
Translations
immunology
n (Med) → Immunologie f
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