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immunology
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immunology /im·mu·nol·o·gy/ (im″u-nol´ah-je) the branch of biomedical science concerned with the response of the organism to antigenic challenge, the recognition of self and not self, and all the biological, serological, and physical chemical effects of immune phenomena.immunolog´ic
im·mu·nol·o·gy (my-nl-j)
n.
The branch of biomedicine that is concerned with the structure and function of the immune system, innate and acquired immunity, and laboratory techniques involving the interaction of antigens with antibodies.
immu·no·logic (-n-ljk), immu·no·logi·cal adj.
immunology
[im′yənol′əjē]
Etymology: L, immunis + Gk, logos, science
the study of the reaction of tissues of the immune system of the body to antigenic stimulation.
immunology,
n the study of the reaction of tissues of the immune system of the body to antigenic stimulation. See also immune system.
immunology
the scientific study of all aspects of immunity, including allergy, hypersensitivity, etc.
immunology
Medtalk The study of the body's immune system. See Clinical lab immunology, Clinical & lab immunology, Neuroendocrinoimmunology, Neuroimmunology, Psychoneuroimmunology.


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Rapid global travel could spread the disease quickly, and, unlike with the seasonal flu strains that come around every winter, our bodies are not immunologically familiar with this type of avian influenza--no one will have native defenses to ward off or minimize infection.
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