immune
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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: {immune}, {resistant}]
4: (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence;
"immune to persuasion"
n 1: a person who is immune to a particular infection
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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