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immunotherapy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M Y UW0 N OW0 TH EH1 R AH0 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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

The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically: cancer immunotherapy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: immunology, medicine, oncology, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: therapy

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- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English immunotherapy From immuno- + therapy.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 免疫療法 /免疫疗法 (miǎnyì liáofǎ) — treatment of disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免疫治療 /免疫治疗 (miǎnyì zhìliáo) — treatment of disease
  • Czech: imunoterapie — treatment of disease
  • Finnish: siedätys — treatment of disease
  • Finnish: siedätyshoito — treatment of disease
  • Finnish: immunoterapia — treatment of disease
  • French: immunothérapie — treatment of disease
  • Greek: ανοσοθεραπεία (anosotherapeía) — treatment of disease
  • Italian: immunoterapia — treatment of disease
  • Japanese: 免疫治療 (men'eki-chiryō) — treatment of disease
  • Persian: ایمنیدرمانی (imeni-darmâni) — treatment of disease
  • Polish: immunoterapia — treatment of disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 癌症免疫療法 /癌症免疫疗法 (áizhèng miǎnyì liáofǎ) — treatment of cancer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 癌症免疫治療 /癌症免疫治疗 (áizhèng miǎnyì zhìliáo) — treatment of cancer
  • Finnish: immunoterapia — treatment of cancer
  • French: immunothérapie — treatment of cancer
  • Greek: ανοσοθεραπεία (anosotherapeía) — treatment of cancer
  • Hungarian: immunterápia — treatment of cancer
  • Italian: immunoterapia — treatment of cancer
  • Japanese: 免疫治療 (men'eki-chiryō) — treatment of cancer
  • Japanese: 癌免疫治療 (gan-men'eki-chiryō) — treatment of cancer
  • Persian: ایمنیدرمانی (imeni-darmâni) — treatment of cancer
  • Polish: immunoterapia — treatment of cancer