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immunology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɪm.jʊˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɪm.jəˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology From immune + -ology.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system.
   • Obviously, licentiates to practice medicine should receive instruction of a definite and practical nature in this important branch of modern medicine, or immunology should receive a place in the classification of specialties, a fact which the importance of the subject may command. 1915, Benjamin Abraham Thomas, Applied Immunology:

Forms

Deriveds

autoimmunology · viroimmunology · psychoimmunology · immunologist · psychoendoneuroimmunology · ecoimmunology · neuroimmunology · immunological · palaeoimmunology · chemoimmunology · osteoimmunology · photoimmunology · oncoimmunology · radioimmunology · paleoimmunology · cryoimmunology

Translations (53)

rgn immunologèja (branch of medicine) · sv immunologi (branch of medicine) · ta நோயெதிர்ப்பியல் (branch of medicine) · fa ایمنیشناسی (branch of medicine) · ro imunologie (branch of medicine) · da immunologi (branch of medicine) · af immunologie (branch of medicine) · nan-hbl 免疫學 /免疫学 (branch of medicine) · it immunologia (branch of medicine) · et immunoloogia (branch of medicine) · cmn 免疫科 (branch of medicine) · ky иммунология (branch of medicine) · mk имунологија (branch of medicine) · ba иммунология (branch of medicine) · eu immunologia (branch of medicine) · id imunologi (branch of medicine) · tr immünoloji (branch of medicine) · el ανοσολογία (branch of medicine) · rgn immunologì (branch of medicine) · es inmunología (branch of medicine) · ms imunologi (branch of medicine) · uz immunologiya (branch of medicine) · ko 면역학 (branch of medicine) · hu immunológia (branch of medicine) · ru иммуноло́гия (branch of medicine) · de Immunologie (branch of medicine) · he אימונולוגיה (branch of medicine) · nn immunologi (branch of medicine) · az immunologiya (branch of medicine) · uk імуноло́гія (branch of medicine) · cmn 免疫學 /免疫学 (branch of medicine) · gl inmunoloxía (branch of medicine) · sh имунологија (branch of medicine) · vi miễn dịch học (branch of medicine) · la immunologia (branch of medicine) · km ស៊ាំវិទ្យា (branch of medicine) · ja 免疫学 (branch of medicine) · si ප්රතිශක්තිකරණවේදය (branch of medicine) · ug ئىممۇنولوگىيە (branch of medicine) · fa ایمونولوژی (branch of medicine) · sq imunulogji (branch of medicine) · cs imunologie (branch of medicine) · fi immunologia (branch of medicine) · tg масуниятшиносӣ (branch of medicine) · tg иммунология (branch of medicine) · sk imunológia (branch of medicine) · pt imunologia (branch of medicine) · fr immunologie (branch of medicine) · pl immunologia (branch of medicine) · ca immunologia (branch of medicine) · nb immunologi (branch of medicine) · kk иммунология (branch of medicine) · nl immunologie (branch of medicine)