IMMUNOLOGICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunological mean? 

• IMMUNOLOGICAL (adjective)
  The adjective IMMUNOLOGICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to immunology

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOLOGICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to immunology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

immunologic; immunological

Pertainym:

immunology (the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system)

Derivation:

immunology (the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system)

 Context examples 

Now, research results reveal that amphibians can acquire behavioral or immunological resistance to a deadly chytrid fungus implicated in global amphibian population declines.

(Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus, NSF)

The allele may also regulate the migration and recruitment of dentritic and T cells during inflammatory and immunological responses.

(CCR6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunological rejection of leukemia cells following bone marrow transplantation.

(Graft-vs-Leukemia Effect, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Human Thymosin-Fraction 5 (TF-5) possesses immunopotentiating properties and can correct many of the immunological deficiencies resulting from the lack of thymosin function in animal models and in humans.

(Human Thymosin-Fraction 5, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunological procedure in which antibodies are coupled with a peroxidase molecule.

(Immunoperoxidase Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunological procedure used for the microscopic examination of tissues.

(Immunoenzyme Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Various forms of mutated Ras peptides-adjuvant are used as vaccine along with cytokines that could potentially enhance the body's immunological response in many neoplastic conditions.

(Mutated Ras Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

A thymocyte-derived lymphocyte of immunological importance that is long-lived (months to years) and is responsible for cell-mediated immunity.

(Murine T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

After the mice developed immunological memory, researchers restricted the diets of some of the mice for up to four weeks before again exposing all the mice to Y. pseudotuberculosis.

(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)

Many types of biological processes involve nanoscale interactions across large systems, such as cancer metastasis and immunological responses.

(Bigger is better for brain tissue understanding, NSF)