immunotherapy
nounUK /ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈθerəpi/
US /ˌɪmjənoʊˈθerəpi/
A special medicine that helps your body's germ-fighting team get stronger to beat a sickness.
The doctor used immunotherapy to help her body fight the cancer.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A treatment that uses man-made copies of immune system proteins to fight disease.
Monoclonal antibody immunotherapy targets specific cancer cells.
3. A way to make someone less allergic to something by giving them tiny amounts of it over time.
Allergy shots are a form of immunotherapy for pollen allergies.
4. Any medical treatment that works by changing how the immune system behaves.
Researchers are testing new immunotherapy approaches for autoimmune diseases.