immunology -
the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system
medical specialty,
medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
chemoimmunology,
immunochemistry the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies)
immunopathology the branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system
Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders; the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Immunology has applications in several disciplines of science, and as such is further divided.
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immunology A branch of biology concerned with the native or acquired resistance of higher animal forms and humans to infections.
