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immunology
[ im-yuh-nol-uh-jee ]
noun
- the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
immunology
/ ˌɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒɪ; ˌɪmjʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk /
noun
- the branch of biological science concerned with the study of immunity
immunology
/ ĭm′yə-nŏl′ə-jē /
- The scientific study of the structure and function of the immune system.
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Derived Forms
- ˌimmuˈnologist, noun
- immunologic, adjective
- ˌimmunoˈlogically, adverb
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Other Words From
- im·mu·no·log·ic [im-y, uh, -nl-, oj, -ik, ih-myoo-], immu·no·logi·cal adjective
- immu·no·logi·cal·ly adverb
- immu·nolo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of immunology1
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Example Sentences
Artemio Miguel Jongco, an allergy and immunology specialist who was finishing medical school, saw the boy on the first day of his first rotational practice in 2008.
Shane Crotty is obsessed with vaccines and vaccine immunology.
Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia, exhibits a grumpy persona on his informative online channel This Week in Virology.
Hood made a major contribution to immunology early in his career, after attending medical school and getting his PhD from Caltech.
The long-ago polio pioneers were lauded as heroes—as they certainly were in an era in which science knew far less about immunology.
She came to the U.S. in 1996 to study for a Ph.D. in immunology at the University of Iowa.
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