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Immune
Definitions
- 1 Exempt; not subject to. usually
"As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution."
- 2 Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens. usually
"I am immune to chicken pox."
- 3 Not vulnerable. broadly
"Alas, he was immune to my charms."
- 4 Of or pertaining to immunity.
"immune system"
- 1 (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence wordnet
- 2 relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) wordnet
- 3 secure against wordnet
- 4 relating to the condition of immunity wordnet
- 1 A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
"Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes."
- 2 a person who is immune to a particular infection wordnet
- 1 To make immune. rare, transitive
"In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]"
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
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