immune

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: im=mune
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

immune, a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.].

•  Exempt; protected.  [1913 Webster]
•  Protected from disease due to the action of the immune system, especially by having been inoculated against or previously exposed to a disease.  [PJC]
•  Of or pertaining to the immune system or the components of the immune system.  [PJC]
•  Not responsive; as, immune to suggestion.  [PJC]

immune, 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.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

immune, adj.
1 a (often foll. by against, from, to) protected against an infection owing to the presence of specific antibodies, or through inoculation or inherited or acquired resistance. b relating to immunity (immune mechanism).
2 (foll. by from, to) free or exempt from or not subject to (some undesirable factor or circumstance).

Idiom

immune response the reaction of the body to the introduction into it of an antigen.

Etymology

ME f. L immunis exempt from public service or charge (as IN-(1), munis ready for service): sense 1 f. F immun

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

immune

Exemption

N exemption, absence, exception, immunity, privilege, release, exempt from, devoid of, without, unpossessed of, unblest with, immune from, not having, unpossessed, untenanted, without an owner, unobtained, unacquired, exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge, exculpation, exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free, released, unbound, unencumbered, irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable, excusable, bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis.