immunology
/ɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi
/noun [mass noun]
The branch of medicine and biology concerned with immunity.The university's laboratory of clinical immunology and molecular biology is named after him....
- Neurocysticercosis offers interesting perspectives for research in immunology and parasitology.
- He has published several research articles on immunology, parasitology, and public health.
Derivatives
immunologic
- Nasal lavage therefore represents a minimally invasive, reproducible method of obtaining specimens with immunologic relevance to the respiratory tract as a whole.
- These inflammatory cells consisted primarily of plasma cells and macrophages consistent with an immunologic response to the allograft tissue.
- Specific treatment can be immunologic or by antiviral compounds.
immunological
/ adjective ...- These findings indicate an increased probability of immunological improvement in patients suffering from chronic fatigue.
- The resulting 11 new stem cell lines matched the nuclear DNA and showed immunological compatibility with cells from the people donating the nuclei.
- A separate section was designed for serological / immunological testing.
immunologically
- The response is observed immunologically (documented by skin testing and cell markers) and clinically (documented by symptom scores).
- Creation of stem cell lines tailored to be immunologically compatible by cell nuclear replacement (therapeutic cloning) is also permitted, as is the creation of embryos specifically for this purpose.
- Inflammation develops during the 24 hours after treatment, further contributing to destruction of the lesion through immunologically mediated mechanisms.
immunologist
/ noun ...- Secondly, an individual's history of previous infection or immunisation can clearly influence the response to subsequent infections - immunologists call this heterologous immunity, rather than non-specific immunity.
- Health care workers experiencing irritant contact dermatitis or skin breakdown should be referred to an occupational health practitioner, allergist, dermatologist, or immunologist for further diagnostic testing.
- When a diagnosis is uncertain, additional tests, such as genetic assays or immunophenotyping, might be performed in consultation with a pediatric immunologist.