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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

inmunoterapia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-mu-no-te-ra-pia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Immunotherapy/ˌɪ.mjə.noʊˈθɛr.ə.pi/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La inmunoterapia estimula las defensas naturales del cuerpo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of cancer treatment that boosts the body's natural defenses to fight cancer, utilizing substances made by the body or in a laboratory to improve or restore immune system function.

    "She underwent several rounds of immunotherapy to target the advanced melanoma cells."
  2. 2

    The treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response, commonly applied in managing severe allergies through desensitization injections.

    "His seasonal pollen allergies significantly improved after three years of allergen-specific immunotherapy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin and Greek roots, combining 'immuno-' (from Latin 'immunis', meaning exempt or free) and 'therapy' (from Greek 'therapeia', meaning healing or medical treatment). The term emerged in the late 20th century alongside advanced developments in immunology and oncology to describe treatments that stimulate or restore the immune system's ability to fight disease.

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