immune

UK /ɪˈmjuːn/ US /ɪˈmjuːn/
adj 4noun 1verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

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.

2

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

I am immune to chicken pox.

3

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.

4

Of or pertaining to immunity.

immune system

We examined the patient's immune response.

noun

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.

verb

1

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.

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