immunopathology

[im-yuh-noh-puh-thol-uh-jee, ih-myoo-]

im·mu·no·pa·thol·o·gy

[im-yuh-noh-puh-thol-uh-jee, ih-myoo-]
noun
the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.

Origin:
1955–60; immuno- + pathology

im·mu·no·path·o·log·i·cal [im-yuh-noh-path-uh-loj-i-kuhl, ih-myoo-] , im·mu·no·path·o·log·ic, adjective
im·mu·no·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
im·mu·no·pa·thol·o·gist, noun
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Immunopathology has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
WordNet
immunopathology

noun
the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system 
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