immunogenetics

noun

im·​mu·​no·​ge·​net·​ics ˌi-myə-nō-jə-ˈne-tiks 

i-ˌmyü-nō-

plural in form but singular in construction

: a branch of immunology concerned with the interrelations of heredity, disease, and the immune system and its components

immunogenetic

ˌi-myə-nō-jə-ˈne-tik 

i-ˌmyü-nō-

adjective

immunogenetically

ˌi-myə-nō-jə-ˈne-ti-k(ə-)lē 

i-ˌmyü-nō-

adverb

immunogeneticist

ˌi-myə-nō-jə-ˈne-tə-sist 

i-ˌmyü-nō-

noun

Word History

Etymology

immuno- + genetics

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

immunogenetics

noun, plural in form but singular in construction

im·​mu·​no·​ge·​net·​ics -jə-ˈnet-iks 

: a branch of immunology concerned with the interrelations of heredity, disease, and the immune system especially with regard to the way in which the genetic information required to produce the diversity of antibodies required by the immune system is stored in the genome, transmitted from one generation to the next, and expressed in the organism

immunogenetic

-ik 

adjective

also immunogenetical

-i-kəl 

immunogenetic studies

immunogenetically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

immunogenetically relevant genes