Medical Immunology is a branch of biomedical science that covers the study of immune systems in human body. It charts, measures, and contextualizes the: physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (such as autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency, and transplant rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Immunology has applications in numerous disciplines of medicine, particularly in the fields of organ transplantation, oncology, virology, bacteriology, parasitology, psychiatry, and dermatology.
Medicine
医学,是通过科学或技术的手段处理人体的各种疾病或病变。它是生物学的应用学科,分基础医学和临床医学。是从解剖层面和分子遗传层面来处理人体疾病的高级科学。狭义的医学只是疾病的治疗,但也有说法称预防医学为第一医学,临床医学为第二医学,康复医学为第三医学。