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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
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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
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