complementologyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

complementology (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The branch of immunology that deals with complement (one of four proteolytic cascades in blood).
   • 2007, Janos Szebeni, The Complement System: Novel Roles in Health and Disease, →ISBN:

     The chapters from prominent experts cover the essentials as well as the hottest issues in complementology.

   • 2008, Richard A. Kaslow, Janet McNicholl, & ‎Adrian V. S. Hill, Genetic Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases, →ISBN, page 156:

     This led to many reports of increased frequency of infections among complement-deficient patients and to the legitimization of complementology as a bona fide part of immunology.

   • 2012, Klaus Rother & ‎Gerd Till, The Complement System, →ISBN, page 239:

     Nevertheless, the obvious similarities in killing by complement and by lymphocytes were considered early [126] and led to continuous cross-fecundation between complementology and cellular immunology.