Immune

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {resistant}]
       4: (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given
          influence; "immune to persuasion"
       n : a person who is immune to a particular infection

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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