noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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 From immune + -ology.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
immunologie
— branch of medicine
Albanian:
imunulogji
— branch of medicine
Azerbaijani:
immunologiya
— branch of medicine
Bashkir:
иммунология
(immunologiya)
— branch of medicine
Basque:
immunologia
— branch of medicine
Catalan:
immunologia
— branch of medicine
Chinese:
免疫學 /免疫学
(bián-e̍k-ha̍k)
— branch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin:
免疫學 /免疫学
(miǎnyìxué)
— branch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin:
免疫科
(miǎnyìkē)
— branch of medicine
Czech:
imunologie
— branch of medicine
Danish:
immunologi
— branch of medicine
Dutch:
immunologie
— branch of medicine
Estonian:
immunoloogia
— branch of medicine
Finnish:
immunologia
— branch of medicine
French:
immunologie
— branch of medicine
Galician:
inmunoloxía
— branch of medicine
German:
Immunologie
— branch of medicine
Greek:
ανοσολογία
(anosología)
— branch of medicine
Hebrew:
אימונולוגיה
— branch of medicine
Hungarian:
immunológia
— branch of medicine
Indonesian:
imunologi
— branch of medicine
Italian:
immunologia
— branch of medicine
Japanese:
免疫学
(men'ekigaku)
— branch of medicine
Kazakh:
иммунология
(immunologiä)
— branch of medicine
Khmer:
ស៊ាំវិទ្យា
(saum vi tyea)
— branch of medicine
Korean:
면역학
(myeonyeokhak)
— branch of medicine
Kyrgyz:
иммунология
(immunologiya)
— branch of medicine
Latin:
immunologia
— branch of medicine
Macedonian:
имунологија
(imunologija)
— branch of medicine
Malay:
imunologi
— branch of medicine
Norwegian Bokmål:
immunologi
— branch of medicine
Norwegian Nynorsk:
immunologi
— branch of medicine
Persian:
ایمنیشناسی
(imeni-šenâsi)
— branch of medicine
Persian:
ایمونولوژی
(imunoloži)
— branch of medicine
Polish:
immunologia
— branch of medicine
Portuguese:
imunologia
— branch of medicine
Romagnol:
immunologì
— branch of medicine
Romagnol:
immunologèja
— branch of medicine
Romanian:
imunologie
— branch of medicine
Russian:
иммуноло́гия
(immunológija)
— branch of medicine
Serbo-Croatian:
имунологија
— branch of medicine
Sinhalese:
ප්රතිශක්තිකරණවේදය
(pratiśaktikaraṇawēdaya)
— branch of medicine
Slovak:
imunológia
— branch of medicine
Spanish:
inmunología
— branch of medicine
Swedish:
immunologi
— branch of medicine
Tajik:
масуниятшиносӣ
(masuniyatšinosi)
— branch of medicine
Tajik:
иммунология
(immunologiya)
— branch of medicine
Tamil:
நோயெதிர்ப்பியல்
(nōyetirppiyal)
— branch of medicine
Turkish:
immünoloji
— branch of medicine
Ukrainian:
імуноло́гія
(imunolóhija)
— branch of medicine