immunotherapy

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Etymology

From immuno- +‎ therapy.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: im‧mu‧no‧the‧ra‧py

Noun

immunotherapy (plural immunotherapies)

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

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