immunotherapy

[ im-yuh-noh-ther-uh-pee, ih-myoo- ]

/ ˌɪm yə noʊˈθɛr ə pi, ɪˌmyu- /

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noun, plural im·mu·no·ther·a·pies.

treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.

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Origin of immunotherapy

First recorded in 1905–10; immuno- + therapy

OTHER WORDS FROM immunotherapy

im·mu·no·ther·a·peu·tic

[im-yuh-noh-ther-uh-pyoo-tik, ih-myoo-], /ˌɪm yə noʊˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪk, ɪˌmyu-/, adjective

Words nearby immunotherapy

immunostimulant, immunosuppress, immunosuppressant, immunosuppression, immunosuppressive, immunotherapy, immunotoxin, immunotransfusion, immure, immutability, immutable

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use immunotherapy in a sentence

Jayden started to improve, particularly after he began a new treatment of intravenous immunotherapy.
A Boy With an Autoimmune Disease Was Ready to Learn in Person. Then His State Banned Mask Mandates.|by Annie Waldman and Bianca Fortis|August 25, 2021|ProPublica
Apart from genomics, you are raising money for such research as proton therapy, immunotherapy and structural biology.
St. Jude's Fundraising Chief on Space Missions, 'Pushing Boundaries' and a Record-Setting Year|Belinda Luscombe|August 10, 2021|Time
“This is going to totally change the pharmaceutical industry for years to come,” said Michael Mitchell, a principal investigator who leads a University of Pennsylvania bioengineering lab working on cancer immunotherapy and vaccine projects.
Why grandparents can’t find vaccines: Scarcity of niche biotech ingredients|Christopher Rowland|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
In 2016, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to two researchers, Jim Allison and Tasuku Honjo, for immunotherapy research.
How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research (Ep. 449)|Stephen J. Dubner|January 28, 2021|Freakonomics

SIWA Therapeutics is working on an immunotherapy approach to the problem of senescent cells.
A Renaissance of Genomics and Drugs Is Extending Human Longevity|Peter H. Diamandis, MD|June 26, 2020|Singularity Hub

British Dictionary definitions for immunotherapy

immunotherapy

/ (ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) /

noun

med the treatment of disease by stimulating the body's production of antibodies

Derived forms of immunotherapy

immunotherapeutic (ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk), adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for immunotherapy

immunotherapy

[ ĭm′yə-nō-thĕr′ə-pē, ĭ-myōō′- ]

Treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response.

Other words from immunotherapy

im′mu•no•ther′a•peu′tic (-pyōō′tĭk) adj.im′mu•no•ther′a•pist n.