adjective protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
of or relating to the production of antibodies or lymphocytes that can react with a specific antigen: immune reaction.
exempt or protected: immune from punishment.
not responsive or susceptible: immune to new ideas.
Origin of immune 1400–50; late Middle English <
Latin immūnis exempt, equivalent to
im- im-2 +
-mūnis; see
common Related forms hy·per·im·mune , adjective non·im·mune , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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unliable Examples from the Web for immune Contemporary Examples of immune With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
But even she is not immune from the everyday misogyny of some players.
It causes some of my cells to express Ebola proteins to illicit an immune response.
His immune system was so shot, I was asked to wear a surgical mask during the interview.
But it is worrying that not even Congress is immune to this type of behavior.
Historical Examples of immune We are self-centered, free-willed; immune from any possibility of offending the universe.
"Rather a costly experiment for you if I prove not to be immune ," rallied Lennon.
Of course it was a game at which two could play and we were not immune by any means.
There are some children, however, who seem to be immune to vaccination.
But his mother had arranged it, so in a way it was immune from his iconoclastic rage.
British Dictionary definitions for immune adjective protected against a specific disease by inoculation or as the result of innate or acquired resistance
relating to or conferring immunity an immune body See antibody (usually postpositive foll by to ) unsusceptible (to) or secure (against) immune to inflation
exempt from obligation, penalty, etc
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noun an immune person or animal
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Word Origin for immune C15: from Latin immūnis exempt from a public service, from im- (not) + mūnus duty
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Word Origin and History for immune adj. mid-15c., "free; exempt," back-formation from immunity . Cf. Latin immunis "exempt from public service, free from taxes." Specific modern medical sense of "exempt from a disease" (typically because of inoculation) is from 1881. Immune system attested by 1917.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
adj. Of, relating to, or having resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
Relating to the mechanism of sensitization in which the reactivity is so altered by previous contact with an antigen that the responsive tissues respond quickly upon subsequent contact.
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