immune

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

more immune

Superlative

most immune

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

immunes

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Exempt; not subject to.

   • As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
   • Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.

2. 2.Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.

   • I am immune to chicken pox.

3. 3.Not vulnerable.

   • Alas, he was immune to my charms.

4. 4.Of or pertaining to immunity.

   • We examined the patient's immune response.
   • Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease

   • Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.

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