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im·mune

(ĭ-myo͞on′)

adj.

a. Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt: immune from being eliminated in a contest.

b. Having legal immunity: immune from taxation.

2. Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive: immune to persuasion.

3. Immunology

a. Of or relating to immunity or an immune response.

b. Having resistance to a specific pathogen.

c. Having or producing sensitized antibodies or lymphocytes that react to specific antigens: immune serum.

[Middle English, from Latin immūnis; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

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immune

(ɪˈmjuːn)

adj

1. (Medicine) protected against a specific disease by inoculation or as the result of innate or acquired resistance

2. (Biology) relating to or conferring immunity: an immune body. See antibody

3. (foll by: to) unsusceptible (to) or secure (against): immune to inflation.

4. exempt from obligation, penalty, etc

(Biology) an immune person or animal

[C15: from Latin immūnis exempt from a public service, from im- (not) + mūnus duty]

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im•mune

(ɪˈmyun)

adj.

1. protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.

2. of or pertaining to the production of antibodies or lymphocytes that can react with a specific antigen: immune reaction.

3. exempt; protected: immune from punishment.

4. not responsive or susceptible: immune to new ideas.

5. an immune person.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immūnis exempt =im- im-² + -mūnis; see common]

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Noun	1.	immune - a person who is immune to a particular infection individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" immune carrier, carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Adj.	1.	immune - relating to the condition of immunity; "the immune system"
	2.	immune - secure against; "immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda"; "immune from criminal prosecution" exempt - (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"
	3.	immune - relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) resistant insusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to
	4.	immune - (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; "immune to persuasion" unaffected - undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment"

immune

adjective

immune from exempt from, free from, let off (informal), not subject to, not liable to Members are immune from prosecution for corruption.

immune to

1. resistant to, free from, protected from, safe from, not open to, spared from, secure against, invulnerable to, insusceptible to The blood test will tell whether you are immune to the disease.

2. unaffected by, not affected by, invulnerable to, insusceptible to He never became immune to the sight of death.

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immune

adjective

Having the capacity to withstand:

impervious, insusceptible, proof, resistant, resistive, unsusceptible.

Translations

ذو مناعَه، ذو حَصانَه

imunníodolnýimunitní

immunmodstandsdygtig

immun geschützt

inmune

immun immunisé immunitaire

immunis

ónæmur

immune immunit...immunit... parlamentare immunizzare immunizzazione

atsparusimunitetasimunizacijaimunizuotisudaryti imunitetą

imūns, neuzņēmīgs

immun uimottakelig

imúnny

imun

bağışıkdirenç kazanmış

免除的有免疫力的

immune

[ɪˈmjuːn]

A. ADJ (to disease) → inmune (to a) (from tax, regulations) → exento (from de) to be immune to sth (Med) → ser inmune a algo
she is immune to measles → es inmune al sarampión (fig) they seemed immune to the cold → parecían inmunes al frío
he is immune to criticism → es inmune or insensible a las críticas, no le afectan las críticas
no one is immune from this problem → nadie queda al margen de este problema, nadie es inmune a este problema

B. CPD immune deficiency N → inmunodeficiencia f
immune response N → respuesta f inmunitaria, respuesta f inmunológica
immune system N → sistema m inmunológico

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immune

[ɪˈmjuːn] adj

(to disease) → immunisé(e)
immune to → immunisé(e) contre

(= unaffected) to be immune to sth → être immunisé(e) contre qch
He was immune to flattery → Il était immunisé contre la flatterie.
to be immune from scandal → être à l'abri du scandale

(= not subject to) to be immune from arrest → bénéficier de l'immunité
As a former head of state he was immune from arrest → En tant qu'ancien chef d'État, il bénéficiait de l'immunité.
to be immune from prosecution → bénéficier de l'immunité
to be immune from prosecution for sth
They are immune from prosecution for corruption → Ils bénéficient de l'immunité pour les délits de corruption.immune deficiency n → déficience f immunitaireimmune system n → système m immunitaire

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immune

adj

(Med) → immun (from, to gegen); immune deficiency syndrome → Immunschwächekrankheit f

(fig) → sicher (→ from, to vor +dat); (from temptation etc) → geschützt, gefeit (from, to gegen); (= not susceptible: to criticism etc) → unempfindlich, immun (to gegen); immune from prosecution → vor Strafverfolgung geschützt, immun (spec)

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immune

[ɪˈmjuːn] adj immune (to, against) (naturally) → immune (da); (after injection) → immunizzato/a (contro)
immune (from) (fig) → immune (a)

immune

(iˈmjuːn) adjective

(with to or from) protected against, or naturally resistant to, eg a disease. immune to measles; immune from danger.

imˈmunity noun

ˈimmunize, ˈimmunise (ˈimju-) verb

to make immune to a disease, especially by an injection of a weak form of the disease.

ˌimmuniˈzation, ˌimmuniˈsation noun

im·mune

a. inmune, resistente a contraer una enfermedad;

___ adherence → adherencia ___;

___ adsorption → adsorción ___;

___ complex → complejo ___;

___ paralysis → parálisis ___;

___ reaction → reacción ___;

___ response → respuesta ___.

immune

adj inmune, inmunológico, inmunitario; — reconstitution reconstituciónfinmune; — response respuesta inmunológica or inmunitaria; — to inmune a; — tolerance tolerancia inmunológica

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If loving to sleep in a whole skin makes a man a coward, non immunes ab illis malis sumus .

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Without being particularly ungracious or repellent in manner or speech, he managed somehow to be immune to impertinent curiosity, yet exempt from the evil repute with which it commonly revenges itself when baffled; so far as I know, Mr.

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But from a score of plagues no creature was immune. The man who escaped smallpox went down before scarlet fever.

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When the cigar store is raided, he winks at the officer, familiar with his ground, and walks away immune, while you and I search among the Presidents for names, and among the stars for addresses to give the desk sergeant."