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immunodegradation

immunodegradation noun: degradation of or by the immune system.

Noun

immunodegradation (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Degradation of or by the immune system.
    • The inhibition of immunodegradation was most pronounced at low temperature […]1975 May 1, Joel F. Habener, “Radioimmunoassay of Human Proparathyroid Hormone: Analysis of Hormone Content in Tissue Extracts and in Plasma”, in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • A special group must be mentioned: 4. artificial immunodegradation (immunosuppression)1983, Franz Schmid, Cell Therapy: A New Dimension of Medicine, page 168

Origin of immunodegradation

From immuno- + degradation.

Questions about immunodegradation

What does immunodegradation mean?
Immunodegradation means degradation of or by the immune system.
What part of speech is immunodegradation?
Immunodegradation is a noun.

Words near immunodegradation in the dictionary

  1. immunodefensive
  2. immunodeficiencies
  3. immunodeficiency
  4. immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome
  5. immunodeficient
  6. immunodegradation
  7. immunodensities
  8. immunodensitometric
  9. immunodensitometry
  10. immunodensity
  11. immunodeplete

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