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immunology

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

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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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

Narrower terms: immunochemistry, chemoimmunology, immunopathology

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 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
  • Uzbek: immunologiya — branch of medicine
  • Vietnamese: miễn dịch học — branch of medicine