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immunologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who studies or practices medicine in the area of immunology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a medical scientist who specializes in immunology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical scientist

Narrower terms: Medawar, Peter Medawar, Sir Peter Brian Medawar

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English immunologist From immunology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: inmunólogu — person who studies immunology
  • Asturian: inmunóloga — person who studies immunology
  • Belarusian: імуно́лаг (imunólah) — person who studies immunology
  • Catalan: immunòleg — person who studies immunology
  • Catalan: immunòloga — person who studies immunology
  • Czech: imunolog — person who studies immunology
  • Dutch: immunoloog — person who studies immunology
  • Dutch: immunologe — person who studies immunology
  • French: immunologiste — person who studies immunology
  • Galician: inmunólogo — person who studies immunology
  • Galician: inmunóloga — person who studies immunology
  • German: Immunologe — person who studies immunology
  • German: Immunologin — person who studies immunology
  • Greek: ανοσιολόγος (anosiológos) — person who studies immunology
  • Greek: ανοσολόγος (anosológos) — person who studies immunology
  • Hungarian: immunológus — person who studies immunology
  • Italian: immunologo — person who studies immunology
  • Polish: immunolog — person who studies immunology
  • Romanian: imunolog — person who studies immunology
  • Romanian: imunologă — person who studies immunology
  • Russian: иммуно́лог (immunólog) — person who studies immunology
  • Slovak: imunológ — person who studies immunology
  • Slovak: imunologička — person who studies immunology
  • Spanish: inmunólogo — person who studies immunology
  • Spanish: inmunóloga — person who studies immunology
  • Ukrainian: імуно́лог (imunóloh) — person who studies immunology