English Explanatory Dictionary

immunotherapy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response.
  2. The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically: cancer immunotherapy.

Word forms

immunotherapy immunotherapies

Etymology

From immuno- + therapy.

Related words

immunomodulation immunomodulatory

Derived words

chemoimmunotherapy immunotherapeutic immunotherapeutically oncoimmunotherapy radioimmunotherapy

Translations

Czech: imunoterapie Finnish: siedätys Finnish: siedätyshoito Finnish: immunoterapia French: immunothérapie Greek: ανοσοθεραπεία Italian: immunoterapia Japanese: 免疫治療 Persian: ایمنیدرمانی Polish: immunoterapia
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