immunology (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *immunology*:
NOUN	cognition	immunology	the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system

immunology > pronunciation
Sounds	ih.myuwnaa'lahjhiy
Rhymes	Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy...

English > *immunology*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system.
Category of	affinity	(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
	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
	immunofluorescence	(immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
	incompatibility	(immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign / foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
	monovalent	Containing only one kind of antibody
	polyvalent	Containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen
Narrower	immunochemistry, chemoimmunology	The field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies)
Narrower	immunopathology	The branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system
Broader	medicine, medical specialty	The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Spanish	inmunología
Catalan	immunologia
Adjectives	allogeneic	denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar / dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible)
	immunological, immunologic	of or relating to immunology
	xenogeneic	denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species
Nouns	immunologist	a medical scientist who specializes in immunology

HyperDic: immunology