complementology

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

complement +‎ -ology

Noun[edit]

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.
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