Immune
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English
Adjective
Immune (comparative more Immune, superlative most Immune)
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to
- As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens
- I am immune to chicken pox.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable
- Alas, she was immune to my charms.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system
- We examined the patient's immune response.
Derived terms
Noun
Immune (plural Immunes)- (epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
Coordinate terms
Adverbs for Immune
naturally; happily; fortunately; luckily; freely; properly; warrantably; authoritatively; legally; exceptionably; constitutionally; presumptively; duly; legitimately.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
From Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”)
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Italian
Adjective
immune m. and f. (m and f plural immuni)
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Latin
Adjective
immūne
