immune

(ĭ-myūn')
adj.

1. Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt: immune from taxation; immune from criminal prosecution.
2. Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive: immune to persuasion.
3. Immunology.
   1. Of, relating to, or having resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
   2. Of or relating to sensitized antibodies or lymphocytes that react to specific agents.

n.
A person who is immune to a particular infection.

[Middle English, from Latin immūnis.]

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is followed by to or from. When the reference is to disease or some other form of harm or danger, to is more usual, and when from is used it is more often in the context of legal liabilities, but these distinctions are far from clear-cut and both constructions are found regardless of context, with to somewhat more common than from: (to)

Each country will be concerned to maintain the invulnerability of its submarine-based strategic missiles, which are essentially immune to attack from land-based weapons—Scientific American, 1972

A situation could arise where harmful bacteria, having become immune to disinfectants, survive to cause illness which cannot be treated by antibiotics—R. North, 1985

Anywhere that remains immune to fashion is to be lauded—Times, 2004

(from) Those who have a commitment to the Christian faith are not thereby immune from depression—M. Batchelor, 1988

The laws affecting the common land were supervised by Down Drivers, themselves not immune from prosecution—M. Lister, 1988

Real diamonds have a quite distinctive, soapy texture to the surface and are immune from water—Frederick Forsyth, 1989

Royal grants may also explain why some churches...enjoyed unusually extensive rights of sanctuary which developed into privileged zones immune from secular authority—W. Davies, 2003.

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adjective

Having the capacity to withstand: impervious, insusceptible, proof, resistant, resistive, unsusceptible. See resist/yield.

adj

Definition: invulnerable
Antonyms: susceptible, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable

IN BRIEF: Safe from undergoing something or from disease.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. — Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974), British scientist, author. Encounter (London, July 1971).

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1. relating to or possessing immunity.
2. regarding or describing an animal that has been immunized.
3. an alternative word for immunological.

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1. being highly resistant to a disease because of the formation of humoral antibodies or the development of immunologically competent cells, or both, or as a result of some other mechanism, such as interferon activities in viral infections.
2. characterized by the development of antibodies or cellular immunity, or both, following exposure to antigen.
3. produced in response to antigen, such as immune serum globulin. The essential feature of antibody and cell-mediated immunity is that they are highly antigen specific.

• i. adherence — the binding of antibody–antigen–complement complexes to complement receptors found on red blood cells.
• i. complex — see antibody–antigen complex.
• i. complex disease — disease induced by the deposition of or association with antigen–antibody–complement complexes in the microvasculature of tissues. Fixation of complement component C3 by the complexes initiates inflammation. See also serum sickness, hypersensitivity.
• i. complex reaction — type III hypersensitivity (1).
• i. deficiency disease — one in which animals have inadequate immune responses and so are more susceptible to infectious disease. The defect may be primary (inherited), or secondary (acquired) which usually develops after birth because of toxins or infectious agents. See also combined immune deficiency syndrome, hypogammaglobulinemia, agammaglobulinemia, inherited parakeratosis, chediak–higashi syndrome and canine granulocytopathy syndrome.
• i. hemolysis — see immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (below).
• i. interferon — see interferon.
• i. modulator — see immunomodulation.
• i. reaction — immune response.
• i. reaction fever — aseptic fever occurring in anaphylaxis, angioedema.
• i. response — the specific response to substances interpreted by the body as not-self, the result being humoral and cellular immunity. The immune response depends on a functioning thymus and the conversion of stem cells to B and T lymphocytes. These B and T lymphocytes contribute to antibody production, cellular immunity and immunological memory. See also humoral immunity.
• i. response (Ir) genes — see immune response genes.
• i. surveillance — the detection by lymphocytes, especially T lymphocytes, of new antigens, particularly on tumor cells.
• i. system — consists of the primary lymphoid organs (thymus and Bursa of Fabricius or its equivalent (bone marrow) in mammals) and secondary lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, spleen and other lymphoid tissue).
• i. tolerance — see immunological tolerance.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - immun, sikret mod, uimodtagelig
n. - immun

idioms:

• immune response    immunreaktion
• immune system    immunforsvar

Nederlands (Dutch)
immuun, onschendbaar

Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) immunisé (contre), immunitaire, immunisant, insensible à (la flatterie, la critique), à l'abri de, exempté de
n. - personne immunisée

idioms:

• immune response    réponse immunitaire
• immune system    système immunitaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - immun, geschützt, unempfänglich
n. - immune Person

idioms:

• immune response    Körperreaktion auf die Einführung eines Antigens
• immune system    Immunsystem

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απρόσβλητος, άτρωτος, (ιατρ.) άνοσος, έχων ανοσία, μη υποκείμενος, εξαιρούμενος
n. - άτομο με ανοσία

idioms:

• immune response    άνοση αντίδραση
• immune system    ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα

Italiano (Italian)
inviolabile, immune

idioms:

• immune response    risposta immunitaria
• immune system    sistema immunitario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imune
n. - pessoa (f) imune

idioms:

• immune response    imunorreação (f)
• immune system    sistema (m) imunológico

Русский (Russian)
иммунный, невосприимчивый, защищенный, неприкосновенный

idioms:

• immune response    иммунная реакция
• immune system    иммунная система

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inmune, exento
n. - persona inmune

idioms:

• immune response    inmunorespuesta
• immune system    sistema inmunitario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - immun, skyddad, befriad
n. - immun person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
免疫的, 不受影响的, 免除的, 免疫者, 免除者

idioms:

• immune response    免疫反应, 免疫响应
• immune system    免疫系统

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 免疫的, 不受影響的, 免除的
n. - 免疫者, 免除者

idioms:

• immune response    免疫反應, 免疫響應
• immune system    免疫系統

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 면역의, 면제된
n. - 면역자, 면제자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 免れた, 免除された, 免疫の
n. - 免疫者

idioms:

• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)    エイズ
• immune response    免疫応答, 免疫反応
• immune system    免疫系

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منيع, حصين (الاسم) المنيع, الحصين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסין, מחוסן, עמיד, לא רגיש, פטור‬
n. - ‮אדם מחוסן‬

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