immunostimulant

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noun

Any substance that stimulates an immune response.

OriginEnglish stimulant ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

nounimmunostimulant (plural immunostimulants)

plural immunostimulants

  1. immunologyAny substance that stimulates an immune response.
adjectiveimmunostimulant (comparative more immunostimulant, superlative most immunostimulant)

comparative more immunostimulant · superlative most immunostimulant

  1. immunologyThat stimulates an immune response.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Englishstimulant
  15. Englishimmunostimulant

From immuno- + stimulant.

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Translations

Italian immunostimolatore
  • immunostimolatoreTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

immunostimulant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunostimulant

MLA

“immunostimulant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunostimulant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunostimulant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunostimulant.

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