Immunotherapy

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  • noun. Treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response.
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  • noun. The treatment of disease by adjusting the body's immune response.
  • noun. The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically.
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  • noun. therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
    • Word Usage
    "The term immunotherapy is used to describe treatments that can be used to re-program the immune system of people (or animals) with allergies; usually this involves repeatedly exposing the immune system to small amounts of the allergen."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    therapy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chemotherapy  hydrotherapy  psychotherapy  therapy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    action  anergy  angiogenesis  antigen  apoptosis  
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