immunology
noun
im·mu·nol·o·gy ˌi-myə-ˈnä-lə-jē 
: a science that deals with the immune system and the cell-mediated and humoral aspects of immunity and immune responses
immunologic
ˌi-myə-nə-ˈlä-jik
adjective or immunological
ˌi-myə-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
immunologically
ˌi-myə-nə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē
adverb immunologist
ˌi-myə-ˈnä-lə-jist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Across the Atlantic, in Dublin, Ireland, another member of the group—Cliona O’Farrelly, a professor of comparative immunology at Trinity College Dublin—set about recruiting health care workers at a hospital in Dublin. 
Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2022 With a $109 million budget and about 40 principal investigators, Sanford Burnham Prebys is known for its research work in cancer, neuroscience, immunology and children’s diseases. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 To a person, scientists expressed eagerness for better studies, better funding, better participation, with urgency bubbling up from specialists in cardiology, neuroscience, epidemiology, pulmonology, and immunology. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 July 2022 Jaffee, who will serve as chair of the panel, is an expert in cancer immunology and pancreatic cancer, according to the White House. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 July 2022 Pfizer is reported to be testing one such vaccine soon, and Dr. Robert Seder, the chief of cellular immunology at the National Institutes of Health’s allergy and infectious disease division, is working on a next-generation vaccine as well. Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 12 July 2022 Yet for all the talk of vaccines and immunology, few people have a deep understanding of just what exactly happens once a vaccine is injected into the body. Amanda Mascarelli, The Conversation, 17 June 2022 The fact that kids of all ages are learning more about biology, immunology, and public health is not trivial. Max G. Levy, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021 More on reinfections: Jeremy Kamil, a virologist and associate professor of microbiology and immunology, wrote a guest essay for Times Opinion to set the record straight on variants and reinfection. New York Times, 22 July 2022 See More
Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2022 With a $109 million budget and about 40 principal investigators, Sanford Burnham Prebys is known for its research work in cancer, neuroscience, immunology and children’s diseases. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 To a person, scientists expressed eagerness for better studies, better funding, better participation, with urgency bubbling up from specialists in cardiology, neuroscience, epidemiology, pulmonology, and immunology. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 July 2022 Jaffee, who will serve as chair of the panel, is an expert in cancer immunology and pancreatic cancer, according to the White House. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 July 2022 Pfizer is reported to be testing one such vaccine soon, and Dr. Robert Seder, the chief of cellular immunology at the National Institutes of Health’s allergy and infectious disease division, is working on a next-generation vaccine as well. Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 12 July 2022 Yet for all the talk of vaccines and immunology, few people have a deep understanding of just what exactly happens once a vaccine is injected into the body. Amanda Mascarelli, The Conversation, 17 June 2022 The fact that kids of all ages are learning more about biology, immunology, and public health is not trivial. Max G. Levy, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021 More on reinfections: Jeremy Kamil, a virologist and associate professor of microbiology and immunology, wrote a guest essay for Times Opinion to set the record straight on variants and reinfection. New York Times, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
immuno- + -logy
First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
immunology
noun
im·mu·nol·o·gy ˌim-yə-ˈnäl-ə-jē
plural immunologies
: a science that deals with the immune system and the cell-mediated and humoral aspects of immunity and immune responses