immune
noun
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L322294 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- not susceptible to (as a disease)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmjuːn/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
- Exempt; not subject to.
“As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.”
“He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.”
- Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
“I am immune to chicken pox.”
- Not vulnerable.
“Alas, he was immune to my charms.”
“[...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents.”
- Of or pertaining to immunity.
“immune system”
“We examined the patient's immune response.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
- To make immune.
“In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]”
“The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.”