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adjective

Immune adj.

Exempt; protected.

(Med.) Protected from disease due to the action of the immune system, especially by having been inoculated against or previously exposed to a disease.

(Med.) Of or pertaining to the immune system or the components of the immune system.

Not responsive; as, immune to suggestion.

noun

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.

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Etymology of 'Immune'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Immune" Quotes from Famous Books

... crisply. "Essentially, ultraminiaturized ceramic-to-metal-seal vacuum tubes running off thermionic generators. They're immune to gamma ray and magnetic pulses, easily shielded against particule radiation, and economical of power." She grinned. "Don't tell me there's nothing about them in ...

— Industrial Revolution • Poul William Anderson

... recently ran down and killed a bewildered soldier impeded by a crutch strange to him, Paris raised its voice in a new cry of rage. Beyond the Champs lyses, far beyond, rose the Eiffel tower. Capable, immune so far from the attacks of the enemy, its very outlines seem to have taken on a great importance. Once the giant toy of a people who frolicked, it now serves in its swift mission as the emblem of a race more gigantic ...

— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy

... torpedoed off Aberdeen on 15 October, and on 1 January 1915 the Formidable, of 15,000 tons, was sunk off Start Point on her way to the Dardanelles, with a loss of 600 of her crew. The Germans were not, however, immune in their submarine campaign. H.M.S. Birmingham rammed and sank a German submarine on 6 August, the Badger did the like on 25 October, and U18 was sunk on 23 November; Weddigen himself was rammed, with the loss of his submarine and all on board, ...

— A Short History of the Great War • A.F. Pollard

... I could not but toss him that bone of comfort, for it was the truth. Sometimes a spring snaps suddenly in a man, and he becomes a brute. How could I boast that I would be immune? ...

— Montlivet • Alice Prescott Smith

... you angry with me?" Discipline had to be relaxed those first days, for a seasick man is quite willing to be shot and has no interest in the war, and doesn't care which horse wins the boat-race. Seasickness never gets any sympathy from those who are immune, but sometimes just retribution comes on the scoffer, and it is some satisfaction to see a man's face turn green who but a few hours ago had been whistling with a selfish cheerfulness while you were revealing your own sticky past to ...

— "Over There" with the Australians • R. Hugh Knyvett

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