immunology

/ˌɪmjuˈnɑɫədʒi/ noun

The branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system.

Word Origin Immunology is the study of immunity. The 'immune' part comes from Latin 'immunis', meaning exempt from public service — originally 'in-' (not) + 'munis' (ready to serve). The idea of being free from obligation shifted to being free from disease. The -logy suffix (study) gives us immunology. Related words: immune, immunity, municipal (from the same root 'munis' meaning service).

noun The branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system. countable

Her research in immunology led to breakthroughs in understanding autoimmune diseases.

(名词) 免疫学

她在免疫学领域的研究为了解自身免疫性疾病带来了突破。

(sustantivo) inmunología [La rama de la medicina que se ocupa del sistema inmunitario del cuerpo.]

Su investigación en inmunología condujo a avances en la comprensión de las enfermedades autoinmunes.

(nom) immunologie [Branche de la médecine qui étudie le système immunitaire, son fonctionnement et ses pathologies.]

Ses recherches en **immunology** ont mené à des avancées dans la compréhension des maladies auto-immunes.

(Substantiv) Immunologie [Das Teilgebiet der Medizin, das sich mit dem Immunsystem des Körpers befasst.]

Ihre Forschung in der **immunology** führte zu Durchbrüchen im Verständnis von Autoimmunerkrankungen.

(名詞) 身体の免疫系の構造、機能を研究する医学の一分野。

彼女の免疫学における研究は、自己免疫疾患の理解における大きな進展につながった。

(substantivo) imunologia [Ramo da medicina que se ocupa do sistema imunológico do corpo.]

Sua pesquisa em imunologia levou a avanços na compreensão de doenças autoimunes.

Word parts: im + mun + o + logy

Common collocations

of prep in prep biology subst to prep be verb molecular adj have verb genetics subst research subst microbiology subst

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