immunotherapeutic
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˌɪmjunəˈθɛrəpjuːtɪk/
- Specialized
- Researchers are exploring new immunotherapeutic treatments to help the body fight cancer more effectively.
Examples
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Targeting altered glycosylation as an immunotherapeutic strategy is a major field of research in the fight against cancer.
Academic text (2016) -
If vaccinated individuals can acquire infection (but with the vaccine acting as an immunotherapeutic agent), the situation is worse unless the infectiousness of such infected vaccinees is negligible, since vaccinated infected persons will continue to contribute to the net transmission success of the virus (Figure 1).
Academic text (1999) -
Defining whether mature extramedullary neutrophils are plastic enough to undergo reprogramming, or whether programs are imprinted in progenitors that develop in the bone marrow, might enable the generation of neutrophils with immunotherapeutic potential.
Academic text (2016) -
The immunotherapeutic approach harnesses the power of the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells.
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Innovations in immunotherapeutic therapies are changing the way diseases like cancer are treated.
Synonyms
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8.8
Changing how the body's immune system works
How Therapeutic
Surface Forms
Morphology
immunotherapeutic = immunotherapy (transparent) = immunotherapy + ic
The adjective is formed from the noun 'immunotherapy' with an adjectival suffix indicating relation to that treatment.
Etymology
Immunotherapeutic joins the part immuno-, seen in immune and immunize, meaning 'protection', with therapeutic from therapy meaning 'healing'. So an immunotherapeutic treatment is a healing method that uses your body's own protection system to fight disease.