immunobiology

American  

[im-yuh-noh-bahy-ol-uh-jee, ih-myoo-] / ˌɪm yə noʊ baɪˈɒl ə dʒi, ɪˌmyu- /

noun

1. the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.

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Other Word Forms

• immunobiologic adjective
• immunobiological adjective
• immunobiologist noun

Etymology

Origin of immunobiology

First recorded in 1955–60; immuno- + biology

Example Sentences

Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine, agrees.

From Slate • May 8, 2023

“This study is very important,” said Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology and molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

Although the trial was relatively small, “the results are as dramatic as for the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines,” said Dr. Denise Faustman, the study’s lead author and director of immunobiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

But it is difficult to identify the patient zero for a variant, says Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology and molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University.

From Scientific American • Dec. 3, 2021

“It’s kind of like the wild West,” says Janko Nikolich-Zugich, the head of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson’s department of immunobiology.

From The Verge • May 7, 2020