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IMMUNOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("immunology" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Domain member category:
immunofluorescence ((immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue)
affinity ((immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody)
incompatibility ((immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue))
antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))
antigenic determinant; determinant; epitope (the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself)
monovalent (containing only one kind of antibody)
polyvalent (containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunology"):
chemoimmunology; immunochemistry (the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies))
immunopathology (the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system)
Derivation:
allogeneic (denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible))
immunologic; immunological (of or relating to immunology)
immunologist (a medical scientist who specializes in immunology)
xenogeneic (denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species)
