Definition
noun
An immunological change, adjustment or regulation.
adjective
Having the ability to alter or regulate one or more immune functions.
Supplement
An immunomodulatory agent is a drug that may be an immunosuppressant or an immunostimulator based on its effect on the immune system.
Word origin: Contraction of immune and modulatory.
See also: immune system.
Dictionary > Immunomodulatory
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