Immunize

2 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  immunize
       v 1: law: grant immunity from prosecution [syn: {immunise}]
       2: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
          "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse
          vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: {immunise}, {inoculate},
           {vaccinate}]