Search Result for "immune":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a person who is immune to a particular infection;
ADJECTIVE (4)
1. relating to the condition of immunity;
- Example: "the immune system"
2. secure against;
- Example: "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"
- Example: "immune from criminal prosecution"
3. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection);
[syn: immune, resistant]
4. (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence;
- Example: "immune to persuasion"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immune \Im*mune"\, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.] 1. Exempt; protected. -- Im*mu"nize, v. t. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Protected from disease due to the action of the immune system, especially by having been inoculated against or previously exposed to a disease. [PJC] 3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the immune system or the components of the immune system. [PJC] 4. Not responsive; as, immune to suggestion. [PJC]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immune \Im*mune"\, 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.]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, vaccinated
