immune
Use Immune in a sentence
Ads
Emergen-C Immune+ www.emergenc.com/Immune+ A Sidekick For Your Immune System.
Immune System www.natur-leaf.com/ A revolutionary phytonutrients Blend of plants from South Africa
adjective
1.
protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
2.
of or pertaining to the production of antibodies or lymphocytes that can react with a specific antigen: immune reaction.
3.
exempt or protected: immune from punishment.
4.
not responsive or susceptible: immune to new ideas.
noun
5.
a person who is immune.
00:10
Immune
is a TOEFL word you need to know.
So is hypothesis. Does it mean:
| a mere assumption or guess. |
| unmannered, crude or insensitive |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To immune
Collins
World English Dictionary
immune (ɪˈmjuːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj (foll by to) | |
| 1. | protected against a specific disease by inoculation or as the result of innate or acquired resistance |
| 2. | See antibody relating to or conferring immunity: an immune body |
| 3. | unsusceptible (to) or secure (against): immune to inflation |
| 4. | exempt from obligation, penalty, etc |
| —n | |
| 5. | an immune person or animal |
| [C15: from Latin immūnis exempt from a public service, from | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
immune im·mune (ĭ-myoōn')
adj.
Of, relating to, or having immunity to infection by a specific pathogen.
Relating to the mechanism of sensitization in which the reactivity is so altered by previous contact with an antigen that the responsive tissues respond quickly upon subsequent contact.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
New study shows that mammals that sleep more have more immune cells and fewer parasites.
The bacillus provokes the immune system to produce an inflammatory response that in turn prevents cancer recurrence.
The parakeets seem to be immune to scarecrows, things that go bang and all the other bird-scaring devices.
Our immune system constantly produces antibody molecules, which identify and disarm foreign particles, termed antigens.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
