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  • noun A person who studies or practices medicine in the area of immunology.

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  • noun a medical scientist who specializes in immunology

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Examples

  • Everyone seems to be in good spirits now, after a full night's sleep, and Kathryn Koehler, the immunologist, is especially perky.

    Tea Party road trip: What the movement wants -- and why Bill Donahue 2010

  • In 1989, Dr. Bell sent blood samples of his Lyndonville patients to an immunologist named Elaine DeFreitas at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.

    The Puzzle of Chronic Fatigue Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

  • A few years ago, a well-known research immunologist injected himself with hookworms and reduced his allergic symptoms (shudder).

    Susan Weissman: Child Food Allergies: What Causes Them? Susan Weissman 2010

  • Goldenberg contacted more than four dozen physicians about her theory before she found Sudhir Gupta, an immunologist at the University of California, Irvine.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • Goldenberg contacted more than four dozen physicians about her theory before she found Sudhir Gupta, an immunologist at the University of California, Irvine.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • In 2007, William Parker , an immunologist at Duke University Medical Center, and his colleagues proposed that the appendix once had a role as a kind of "safe house" for the good bacteria the body needs for digestion.

    Rivalry in Treating Appendicitis Ron Winslow 2011

  • A person is having an abnormal response, says allergist and immunologist Princess Ogbogu, assistant professor of medicine at Ohio State University in Columbus.

    Seasonal allergies emerging 2011

  • The immunologist who led the research says the vaccine targets a protein found in most breast tumours.

    Breast Cancer Vaccine Trials to Start on Women Within One Year | Impact Lab 2010

  • A person is having an abnormal response, says allergist and immunologist Princess Ogbogu, assistant professor of medicine at Ohio State University in Columbus.

    Seasonal allergies emerging 2011

  • Glaser, who is a viral immunologist, spotted an attractive woman standing with members of the psychiatry faculty.

    Is There a Health Advantage to Being Married? | Impact Lab 2010

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