Immune

//ɪˈmjuːn// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a person who is immune to a particular infection wordnet
Verb
  1. 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 […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exempt; not subject to. usually

    "As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution."

  2. 2
    Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens. usually

    "I am immune to chicken pox."

  3. 3
    Not vulnerable. broadly

    "Alas, he was immune to my charms."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to immunity.

    "immune system"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) wordnet
  3. 3
    secure against wordnet
  4. 4
    relating to the condition of immunity wordnet

Synonyms

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exemptresistantunaffectedcharteredexceptedexcused

Example

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"The athlete seemed immune to fatigue."

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).

Related phrases

acquired immune deficiency syndromeauto-immunecell-mediated immune responsegay-related immune deficiencyimmune cellimmune compleximmune deficiencyimmune evasionimmune globulinimmune privilegeimmune reactionimmune response

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