immune

4 definitions found

immune - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Immune \Im*mune"\, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.]
     1. Exempt; protected. -- Im*mu"nize, v. t.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) Protected from disease due to the action of the
        immune system, especially by having been inoculated
        against or previously exposed to a disease.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the immune system or the
        components of the immune system.
        [PJC]
  
     4. Not responsive; as, immune to suggestion.
        [PJC]

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

immune - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  immune
      adj 1: relating to the condition of immunity; "the immune
             system"
      2: secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided
         in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution"
      3: relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
         [syn: immune, resistant]
      4: (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence;
         "immune to persuasion"
      n 1: a person who is immune to a particular infection

immune - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "immune":
     chartered, excepted, excused, exempt, exempted, favored, immunized,
     inoculated, insured, insusceptible, intact, invulnerable,
     irresponsible, let off, licensed, nonsusceptible to disease,
     permitted, privileged, protected, released, resistant, safe,
     safe and sound, secure, spared, unaccountable, unaffected,
     unanswerable, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unliable, unscathed,
     unsubject, unsusceptible, unthreatened, untouched, vaccinated