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- Dictionaryimmune/ɪˈmjuːn/
adjective
- 1. resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells: "they were naturally immune to hepatitis B"
- 2. protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something: "they are immune from legal action"
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IMMUNE definition: 1. protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood: 2. not affected…. Learn more.
The immune system is what protects your body from diseases and infections. It's the bodily system that produces the immune response to defend your body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues.
Immune definition: protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation or by having the necessary antibodies due to a previous infection (often followed by to). See examples of IMMUNE used in a sentence.
protected against a particular disease or illness by particular substances in the blood: The vaccine would make infants immune to bacteria that can cause middle ear infections. Immune also means protected from or unable to be influenced by something, esp. something bad: She says her mother is immune to criticism from strangers. immunization.
immune (to something) not affected by something, especially something that you might expect to be harmful . You'll eventually become immune to criticism. Few people are immune to her charms. Our business is far from immune to economic conditions.
IMMUNE definition: 1. If you are immune to a disease, you will not get it: 2. relating to the way your body fights…. Learn more.
To be immune to something is to be resistant to it. If you had chickenpox as a child, you should be immune to it now. The adjective immune comes from the Latin word immunis , which means “exempt from public service.”
Someone or something that is immune from a particular process or situation is able to escape it. People with diplomatic passports are immune from criminal prosecution. immunity uncountable noun. The police are offering immunity to witnesses who help identify the murderers. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
adjective. /ɪˈmyun/ [not usually before noun] immune (to something) that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illness Adults are often immune to German measles. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!
noun. im· mu· ni· ty i-ˈmyü-nə-tē. plural immunities. Synonyms of immunity. : the quality or state of being immune. especially : a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products see also active immunity, passive immunity.
