immunobiology

immunobiology
The study of the immune factors that affect the growth, development, and health of biological organisms.

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im·mu·no·bi·ol·o·gy -bī-'äl-ə-jē n, pl -gies a branch of biology concerned with the physiological reactions characteristic of the immune state
im·mu·no·bi·o·log·i·cal -.bī-ə-'läj-i-kəl or im·mu·no·bi·o·log·ic -'läj-ik adj

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im·mu·no·bi·ol·o·gy (im″u-no-bi-olґə-je) the branch of biology dealing with immunologic effects on such phenomena as infectious disease, growth and development, recognition phenomena, hypersensitivity, heredity, aging, cancer, and transplantation.

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