immune

[ ih-myoon ]
/ ɪˈmyun /

adjective

protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
of or relating to the production of antibodies or lymphocytes that can react with a specific antigen: immune reaction.
exempt or protected: immune from punishment.
not responsive or susceptible: immune to new ideas.

noun

a person who is immune.

Origin of immune

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immūnis exempt, equivalent to im- im-2 + -mūnis; see common

OTHER WORDS FROM immune

hy·per·im·mune, adjective non·im·mune, adjective

Words nearby immune

immotile, immotile cilia syndrome, immovable, immovable joint, immoveables, immune, immune adsorption, immune body, immune checkpoint inhibitor, immune complex, immune complex disease

British Dictionary definitions for hyperimmune

immune
/ (ɪˈmjuːn) /

adjective

protected against a specific disease by inoculation or as the result of innate or acquired resistance
relating to or conferring immunity an immune body See antibody
(usually postpositive foll by to) unsusceptible (to) or secure (against) immune to inflation
exempt from obligation, penalty, etc

noun

an immune person or animal

Word Origin for immune

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

Medical definitions for hyperimmune

immune
[ ĭ-myoōn′ ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or having resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
Relating 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.