Meanings
adjectiveimmunotherapeutic (comparative more immunotherapeutic, superlative most immunotherapeutic)
comparative more immunotherapeutic · superlative most immunotherapeutic
- immunologyOf a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
nounimmunotherapeutic (plural immunotherapeutics)
plural immunotherapeutics
- A pharmaceutical that treats a disease via action on the immune system
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
- Englishimmuno-
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
- Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
- New Latintherapeuticus
- Middle Englishterapeucia
- Englishtherapeutic
- Englishimmunotherapeutic
From immuno- + therapeutic.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
immunotherapeutic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunotherapeutic
MLA
“immunotherapeutic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunotherapeutic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunotherapeutic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunotherapeutic.
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