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nounthe branch of medical science that studies the body's immune systemtype of:
Definition that contains immunology
- 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)
- immunologist a medical scientist who specializes in immunology
- immunopathology the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system
- immunochemistry the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies)
- immunological of or relating to immunology
- immunologic of or relating to immunology
- immunologically from the point of view of immunology
- paul ehrlich German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915)
- chemoimmunology the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies)