Meaning of IMMUNE
Pronunciation: | | i'myoon
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- [n] a person who is immune to a particular infection
- [adj] (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; "immune to persuasion"
- [adj] relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- [adj] secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution"
- [adj] relating to the condition of immunity; "the immune system"
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| Synonyms: | | exempt, insusceptible, resistant, unaffected, unsusceptible |
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| See Also: | | carrier, human, immune carrier, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Im*mune"\, a. [L. immunis. See {Immunity}.]
Exempt; protected by inoculation. -- {Im*mu"nize}, v. t.
\Im*mune"\, n.
One who is immune; esp., a person who is immune from a
disease by reason of previous affection with the disease or
inoculation.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | - An adjective, when a human or animal body which is able to resist infectious disease because of either previous infection, immunization/vacination, or contact with the immunogen/ antigen, then the human or animal is immune to this disease.
- As a noun, the state of immunity.
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| Related Terms: | | chartered, excepted, excused, exempt, exempted, favored, immunized, inoculated, insured, insusceptible, intact, invulnerable, irresponsible, let off, licensed, nonsusceptible to disease, permitted, privileged, protected, released, resistant, safe, safe and sound, secure, spared, unaccountable, unaffected, unanswerable, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unliable, unscathed, unsubject, unsusceptible, unthreatened, untouched, vaccinated |
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