immunology
the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
Origin of immunology
1Other words from immunology
- im·mu·no·log·ic [im-yuh-nl-oj-ik, ih-myoo-], /ˌɪm yə nlˈɒdʒ ɪk, ɪˌmyu-/, im·mu·no·log·i·cal, adjective
- im·mu·no·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- im·mu·nol·o·gist, noun
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How to use immunology in a sentence
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.
Bonus Podcast: It’s All a Race — Interview With an Immunologist | Nate John | March 22, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoVincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia, exhibits a grumpy persona on his informative online channel This Week in Virology.
COVID Experts: We’re Putting Out Campfires but the Forest Fire Rages - Facts So Romantic | Robert Bazell | March 17, 2021 | NautilusHood made a major contribution to immunology early in his career, after attending medical school and getting his PhD from Caltech.
Why covid-19 might finally usher in the era of health care based on a patient’s data | Katie McLean | February 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe long-ago polio pioneers were lauded as heroes—as they certainly were in an era in which science knew far less about immunology.
Kids Are Participating in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials. Here's What Their Parents Think | Jeffrey Kluger | November 2, 2020 | Time
She came to the U.S. in 1996 to study for a Ph.D. in immunology at the University of Iowa.
British Dictionary definitions for immunology
/ (ˌɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒɪ) /
the branch of biological science concerned with the study of immunity
Derived forms of immunology
- immunologic (ˌɪmjʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk) or immunological, adjective
- immunologically, adverb
- immunologist, noun
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Scientific definitions for immunology
[ ĭm′yə-nŏl′ə-jē ]
The scientific study of the structure and function of the immune system.
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