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immune definition

im·mune (i myo̵̅o̅n′)

adjective

  1. protected against something disagreeable or harmful
  2. not susceptible to some specified disease because of the presence of the specific antibodies
  3. of or relating to immunity or the immune system

Etymology: ME immuin < L immunis, free from public service, exempt < in-, without + munia, duties, functions < IE *moini-: see common

noun

an immune person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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