English Explanatory Dictionary

immune

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Exempt; not subject to.
  2. Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
  3. Not vulnerable.
  4. Of or pertaining to immunity.
noun
  1. A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
verb
  1. To make immune.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmjuːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immune.wav

Word forms

immune more immune most immune immunes immuning immuned

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 *ən- 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”).

Synonyms

-proof exempt immune impenetrable impermeable impervious protected resistant unaffectable unsusceptible

Antonyms

susceptible vulnerable affectable nonimmune

Derived words

acquired immune deficiency syndrome alloimmune autoimmune auto-immune cell-mediated immune response chemoimmune counterimmune cryoimmune dysimmune gastrimmune gay-related immune deficiency hematoimmune heteroimmune homoimmune hyperimmune hypoimmune immune cell immune complex immune deficiency immune evasion immunevasion immune globulin immune privilege immune reaction immune response immune system immunify immunology immunome immunomics isoimmune lymphoimmune neuroimmune nonimmune osteoimmune pauci-immune postimmune preimmune radioimmune seroimmune unimmune xenoimmune

Translations

Bulgarian: имунен Catalan: immunitari Czech: imunitní Finnish: immunologinen Finnish: immuuni- French: immunologique French: immunitaire Irish: imdhíonachta Italian: immunològico Persian: ایمنی Portuguese: imunológico Spanish: inmunológico Spanish: inmunitario Swedish: immun- Tagalog: may-kabal
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