adj.
- Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt: immune from taxation; immune from criminal prosecution.
- Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive: immune to persuasion.
- Immunology.
- Of, relating to, or having resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
- Of or relating to sensitized antibodies or lymphocytes that react to specific agents.
A person who is immune to a particular infection.
[Middle English, from Latin immūnis.]
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