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im⋅mu⋅no⋅ther⋅a⋅py

  [im-yuh-noh-ther-uh-pee, i-myoo-]
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–noun, plural -pies.
treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
Origin:
1905–10; immuno- + therapy

Related forms:
im⋅mu⋅no⋅ther⋅a⋅peu⋅tic  [im-yuh-noh-ther-uh-pyoo-tik, i-myoo-] , adjective
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im·mu·no·ther·a·py   (ĭm'yə-nō-thěr'ə-pē, ĭ-myōō'-)   
n.   pl. im·mu·no·ther·a·pies
Treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response.
im'mu·no·ther'a·peu'tic (-pyōō'tĭk) adj., im'mu·no·ther'a·pist n.
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Main Entry: im·mu·no·ther·a·py
Pronunciation: -'ther-&-pE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -pies
: treatment of or prophylaxis against disease by attempting to produce active or passive immunity called also immune therapy —im·mu·no·ther·a·peu·tic /-"ther-&-'pyüt-ik/ adjective
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immunotherapy im·mu·no·ther·a·py (ĭm'yə-nō-thěr'ə-pē, ĭ-my&oomacr;'-)
n.
Treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response.

im'mu·no·ther'a·peu'tic (-py&oomacr;'tĭk) adj.
im'mu·no·ther'a·pist n.

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