immunotherapy

immunotherapy
immunotherapeutic /im'yeuh noh ther'euh pyooh"tik, i myooh'-/, adj.
/im'yeuh noh ther"euh pee, i myooh'-/, n., pl. immunotherapies.
treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
[1905-10; IMMUNO- + THERAPY]

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