immune
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From Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”)
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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.
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exempt from inclusion
protected due to innate resistance to pathogens
of or pertaining to the immune system
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immune (plural immunes)
- (epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
- 1965, Rene J. Dubos & James G. Hirsch editors, Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man[1], page 742:
- Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.
- 1965, Rene J. Dubos & James G. Hirsch editors, Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man[1], page 742:
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From Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”).
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immune m. and f. (plural immunes)
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immune m. and f. (m and f plural immuni)
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immūne
