Meanings
nounimmunology (usually uncountable, plural immunologies)
plural immunologies
- uncountableusuallymedicineThe branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system.
Obviously, licentiates to practice medicine should receive instruction of a definite and practical nature in this important branch of modern medicine, or immunology should receive a place in the classification of specialties, a fact which the importance of the subject may command.
1915, Benjamin Abraham Thomas, Applied Immunology
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
- Proto-Italic*moinos
- Latinmūnus
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinin- -is
- Latinimmūnis
- Middle Frenchimmun
- Englishimmune
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishimmunology
Translations
Afrikaans immunologie
- immunologiebranch of medicine
Basque immunologia
- immunologiabranch of medicine
Catalan immunologia
- immunologiabranch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin 免疫學 /免疫学, 免疫科
- 免疫學 /免疫学 (miǎnyìxué)branch of medicine
- 免疫科 (miǎnyìkē)branch of medicine
Czech imunologie
- imunologiebranch of medicine
Danish immunologi
- immunologibranch of medicine
Dutch immunologie
- immunologiebranch of medicine
Estonian immunoloogia
- immunoloogiabranch of medicine
Finnish immunologia
- immunologiabranch of medicine
French immunologie
- immunologiebranch of medicine
German Immunologie
- Immunologiebranch of medicine
Greek ανοσολογία
- ανοσολογία (anosología)branch of medicine
Hebrew אימונולוגיה
- אימונולוגיהbranch of medicine
Hungarian immunológia
- immunológiabranch of medicine
Indonesian imunologi
- imunologibranch of medicine
Italian immunologia
- immunologiabranch of medicine
Japanese 免疫学
- 免疫学 (men'ekigaku)branch of medicine
Korean 면역학
- 면역학 (myeonyeokhak)branch of medicine
Latin immunologia
- immunologiabranch of medicine
Malay imunologi
- imunologibranch of medicine
Norwegian Bokmål immunologi
- immunologibranch of medicine
Persian ایمنیشناسی, ایمونولوژی
- ایمنیشناسی (imeni-šenâsi)branch of medicine
- ایمونولوژی (imunoloži)branch of medicine
Polish immunologia
- immunologiabranch of medicine
Portuguese imunologia
- imunologiabranch of medicine
Romanian imunologie
- imunologiebranch of medicine
Russian иммуноло́гия
- иммуноло́гия (immunológija)branch of medicine
Slovak imunológia
- imunológiabranch of medicine
Spanish inmunología
- inmunologíabranch of medicine
Swedish immunologi
- immunologibranch of medicine
Tamil நோயெதிர்ப்பியல்
- நோயெதிர்ப்பியல் (nōyetirppiyal)branch of medicine
Turkish immünoloji
- immünolojibranch of medicine
Ukrainian імуноло́гія
- імуноло́гія (imunolóhija)branch of medicine
Vietnamese miễn dịch học
- miễn dịch họcbranch of medicine
Cite this entry
APA
immunology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunology
MLA
“immunology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunology.
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