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im⋅mune

  [i-myoon]
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–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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L immūnis exempt, equiv. to im- im- 2 + -mūnis; see common
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im·mune   (ĭ-myōōn')   
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; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Immune

Im*mune"\, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.] Exempt; protected by inoculation. -- Im*mu"nize, v. t.

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.
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Language Translation for : immune
Spanish: inmune,
German: immun, geschützt,
Japanese: 免疫の
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Main Entry: im·mune
Pronunciation: i-'myün
Function: adjective
: having immunity : EXEMPT
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1im·mune
Pronunciation: im-'yün
Function: adjective
1 : not susceptible or responsive; especially : having a high degree of resistance to a disease <immune to diphtheria>
2 a : having or producing antibodies or lymphocytes capable of reacting with a specific antigenimmune serum> b : produced by, involved in, or concerned with immunity or an immune response <immune agglutinins> <immune globulins>

Main Entry: 2immune
Function: noun
: an immune individual
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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immune im·mune (ĭ-myoōn')
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, or having immunity to infection by a specific pathogen.
  2. 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.

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