Immune

Immune
Protected against infection. The Latin immunis means free, exempt.
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1. Free from the possibility of acquiring a given infectious disease; resistant to an infectious disease. 2. Pertaining to the mechanism of sensitization in which the reactivity is so altered by previous contact with an antigen that the responsive tissues respond quickly upon subsequent contact, or to in vitro reactions with antibody-containing serum from such sensitized individuals. [L. immunis, free from service, fr. in, neg., + munus (muner-), service]

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im·mune im-'yün adj
1) not susceptible or responsive esp having a high degree of resistance to a disease <\immune to diphtheria>
2 a) having or producing antibodies or lymphocytes capable of reacting with a specific antigen <an \immune serum>
b) produced by, involved in, or concerned with immunity or an immune response <\immune agglutinins>
immune n an immune individual

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adj.
protected against a particular infection by the presence of specific antibodies against the organisms concerned. See immunity.

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im·mune (ĭ-mūnґ) [L. immunis free, exempt] 1. protected against infectious disease by either specific or nonspecific mechanisms. 2. pertaining to the immune system and immune responses.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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