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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun immune has 1 sense
- immune(n = noun.person) Array - a person who is immune to a particular infection; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: carrier, immune carrier
Adjective immune has 4 senses
- immune(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to the condition of immunity; "the immune system" Derived form noun immunity2
- immune(s = adj.all) Array - secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution" Derived form noun immunity4
- immune(s = adj.all) resistant - relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection); Array Derived form noun immunity2
- immune(s = adj.all) Array - (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; "immune to persuasion" Derived form noun immunity3
CIDE DICTIONARY
immune, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.].
- Exempt; protected. [1913 Webster]
- Protected from disease due to the action of the immune system, especially by having been inoculated against or previously exposed to a disease. [PJC]
- Of or pertaining to the immune system or the components of the immune system. [PJC]
- Not responsive; as, immune to suggestion. [PJC]
immune, n.
One who is immune; esp., a person who is immune from a disease by reason of previous affection with the disease or inoculation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
immune, adj.
1 a (often foll. by against, from, to) protected against an infection owing to the presence of specific antibodies, or through inoculation or inherited or acquired resistance. b relating to immunity (immune mechanism).
2 (foll. by from, to) free or exempt from or not subject to (some undesirable factor or circumstance).
1 a (often foll. by against, from, to) protected against an infection owing to the presence of specific antibodies, or through inoculation or inherited or acquired resistance. b relating to immunity (immune mechanism).
2 (foll. by from, to) free or exempt from or not subject to (some undesirable factor or circumstance).
Idiom
immune response the reaction of the body to the introduction into it of an antigen.
Etymology
ME f. L immunis exempt from public service or charge (as IN-(1), munis ready for service): sense 1 f. F immun
THESAURUS
immune
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, vaccinatedROGET THESAURUS
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Exemption
N exemption, absence, exception, immunity, privilege, release, exempt from, devoid of, without, unpossessed of, unblest with, immune from, not having, unpossessed, untenanted, without an owner, unobtained, unacquired, exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge, exculpation, exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free, released, unbound, unencumbered, irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable, excusable, bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis.
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