immunology
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1. the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | chemoimmunology, immunochemistry, |
definition | : | the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | immunopathology, |
definition | : | the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | immunofluorescence, |
definition | : | (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | affinity, |
definition | : | (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody (noun.phenomenon) |
domain member category | : | incompatibility, |
definition | : | (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) (noun.state) |
domain member category | : | antigen, |
definition | : | any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) (noun.substance) |
domain member category | : | monovalent, |
definition | : | containing only one kind of antibody (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | polyvalent, |
definition | : | containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen (adj.all) |
derivation | : | immunologist, |
definition | : | a medical scientist who specializes in immunology (noun.person) |
derivation | : | allogeneic, |
definition | : | denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible) (adj.all) |
derivation | : | xenogeneic, |
definition | : | denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species (adj.all) |
derivation | : | immunologist, |
definition | : | a medical scientist who specializes in immunology (noun.person) |
derivation | : | allogeneic, |
definition | : | denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible) (adj.all) |
derivation | : | xenogeneic, |
definition | : | denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species (adj.all) |
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