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im⋅mune

  [i-myoon]
–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.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L immūnis exempt, equiv. to im- im- 2 + -mūnis; see common
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2immune
Function: noun
: an immune individual

Main Entry: 1non·im·mune
Pronunciation: -im-'yün
Function: adjective
: not immune

Main Entry: 2nonimmune
Function: noun
: an individual that lacks immunity to a particular disease
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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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