immunotherapeutic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.33 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
noun
A pharmaceutical that treats a disease via action on the immune system
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English therapeutic English immunotherapeutic From immuno- + therapeutic.
Inflected Forms
more immunotherapeutic (comparative)
most immunotherapeutic (superlative)
immunotherapeutics (plural)