immunotherapy

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noun

The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response.

OriginEnglish therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) →
Less commonScrabble 25
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Meanings

nounimmunotherapy (plural immunotherapies)

plural immunotherapies

  1. immunologyThe treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response.
    1. immunologyThe treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically: cancer immunotherapy.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader
therapy

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. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  16. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  17. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  18. New Latintherapīa
  19. Englishtherapy
  20. Englishimmunotherapy

From immuno- + therapy.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 癌症免疫療法 /癌症免疫疗法, 癌症免疫治療 /癌症免疫治疗
  • 癌症免疫療法 /癌症免疫疗法 (áizhèng miǎnyì liáofǎ)treatment of cancer
  • 癌症免疫治療 /癌症免疫治疗 (áizhèng miǎnyì zhìliáo)treatment of cancer
  • 免疫療法 /免疫疗法 (miǎnyì liáofǎ)treatment of disease
  • 免疫治療 /免疫治疗 (miǎnyì zhìliáo)treatment of disease
Czech imunoterapie
  • imunoterapietreatment of disease
Finnish immunoterapia, siedätys
  • immunoterapiatreatment of cancer
  • siedätystreatment of disease
  • siedätyshoitotreatment of disease
  • immunoterapiatreatment of disease
French immunothérapie, immunothérapie
  • immunothérapietreatment of cancer
  • immunothérapietreatment of disease
Greek ανοσοθεραπεία, ανοσοθεραπεία
  • ανοσοθεραπεία (anosotherapeía)treatment of cancer
  • ανοσοθεραπεία (anosotherapeía)treatment of disease
Hungarian immunterápia
  • immunterápiatreatment of cancer
Italian immunoterapia, immunoterapia
  • immunoterapiatreatment of cancer
  • immunoterapiatreatment of disease
Japanese 免疫治療, 癌免疫治療
  • 免疫治療 (men'eki-chiryō)treatment of cancer
  • 癌免疫治療 (gan-men'eki-chiryō)treatment of cancer
  • 免疫治療 (men'eki-chiryō)treatment of disease
Persian ایمنیدرمانی, ایمنیدرمانی
  • ایمنیدرمانی (imeni-darmâni)treatment of cancer
  • ایمنیدرمانی (imeni-darmâni)treatment of disease
Polish immunoterapia, immunoterapia
  • immunoterapiatreatment of cancer
  • immunoterapiatreatment of disease
Cite this entry
APA

immunotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunotherapy

MLA

“immunotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunotherapy.

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