immunostimulationn.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˌstɪmjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˌstɪmjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
1. Stimulation of the production of an immune response or the function of the immune system; an instance of this.
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1967 A. G. Johnson et al. in H. Cottier et al. Germinal Centers in Immune Responses 234 (title) Comparative changes in the mouse spleen during immuno-stimulation or immuno-suppression.
1993 In Vivo 7 407/1 ML-I induced a potent immunostimulation since these cells were significantly enhanced after ML-I administration.
2001 P. C. Nasca in P. C. Nasca & H. Pastides Fund. Cancer Epidemiol. 265 Allergies are another form of immunostimulation that have been studied in relation to cancer risk.
2. Stimulation of tumour growth by an immune response.
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1971 R. T. Prehn in Jrnl. Reticuloendothelial Soc. 10 6 This immunostimulation hypothesis..may be compatible with previously known facts.
1983 Internat. Jrnl. Immunopharmacol. 5 255/1 There are now a number of examples of the apparent paradoxical immunostimulation of tumor growth when the immune reaction is less than maximal.
2005 Jrnl. Translational Med. 3 8 (title) Revisiting immunosurveillance and immunostimulation: implications for cancer immunotherapy.
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n.1967- splenectomy
- splenetic
- splenetical
- splenetically
- spleneticals
- spleneticness
- splenetics
- splenetive
- splenetize
- splenia
- splenial
- splenial bone or piece
- splenial border
- splenial sulcus
- spleniatic
- splenic
- splenic artery
- splenic corpuscle
- splenic fever
- splenic flexure
- splenic plexus
- splenic vein
- splenic vessel
- splenical
- spleniccer