immune
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
immune/ɪˈmjuːn/
▶adjective
- 1 resistant to a particular infection owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
■ Biology relating to such resistance: the immune system.
- 2 exempt from an obligation or penalty.
- 3 (often immune to) not affected by something.
– origin ME: from L. immunis ‘exempt from public service or charge’, from in- ‘not’ + munis ‘ready for service’.
'immune' also found in these Oxford entries:
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- active immunity
- adjuvant
- agammaglobulinaemia
- Aids
- allergy
- anamnestic
- anergy
- antigen
- challenge
- cytomegalovirus
- glomerulonephritis
- helper cell
- immune response
- immune system
- immunity
- immunize
- immuno-
- immunochemistry
- immunocompetent
- immunocompromised
- immunodeficiency
- immunogenic
- immunosuppression
- immunotherapy
- lymphocyte
- lymphokine
- noni
- open
- opportunistic
- perforin
- reactive
- reject
- reticuloendothelial
- sanctuary
- SCID
- skin test
- spleen
- thymus
- T-lymphocyte
