What does immunology mean?
Word: Immunology
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Immunology means the branch of science that studies the immune system, the body's defence against germs and disease.
How do you spell immunology?
Syllables: im - mu - nol - o - gy
Tricky part: The double m comes from immune, and students often drop one.
Watch out for: imunology, immunolagy, immunoligy
Memory tip: Start from immune, which already has its two m's, and drop its final e before the rest of the word goes on.
Immunology in a sentence
Example 1: My cousin chose immunology because she wants to help make new vaccines.
Example 2: Our science teacher slipped in a little immunology while explaining how vaccines train the body.
Example 3: The immunology lab at the hospital studies how the body keeps germs away.
Fun Fact
Immune comes from the Latin immunis, a word for a person excused from paying taxes or doing public duties. Doctors borrowed this idea of being exempt and applied it to disease in the late 1800s.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) virolojy
b) pathalogy
c) biollogy
d) immunology
Show answer
d) immunology. Pathology needs o before logy, biology has one l, and virology is spelt with a g, not a j.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
immunologgy
a) y
b) o
c) g
d) l
Show answer
c) g. Only one g sits before the final y, as in biology.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
olmgiunomy
a) immunology
b) mythology
c) immunity
d) numerology
Show answer
a) immunology. Immunology keeps both m's of immune; the other three each need a letter this jumble lacks.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which question belongs to immunology?
a) Why does bread dough rise in a warm kitchen?
b) Why do some leaves turn red before they fall?
c) Why does a person rarely catch chickenpox twice?
d) How do bats find their way in the dark?
Show answer
c) Why does a person rarely catch chickenpox twice?
2. Which patient would an immunology clinic most likely see?
a) a boy with a serious peanut allergy
b) a man due for a dental check-up
c) a girl who needs a hearing test
d) a woman who needs new glasses
Show answer
a) a boy with a serious peanut allergy
