immune

Examples

• All

• So you're immune to this too?

  Forbidden Planet (1956)

• It's not that these people are immune to such feelings.

  Chris Williamson

• But the difference is most of us are immune because we have a vaccine for it.

• You want to be on target, but you also want to be as immune as possible to variants.

• But do you end up at some point becoming immune to the reminder?

• Although an island nation, Japan is no more immune to worldwide security threats than, say, Britain.

  Academic text (1990)

• You and I are not immune to phantasms.

• So no one's immune to that level of discomfort.

  Tom Bilyeu

• My allergies have made me immune to your emotional blackmail.

  Clerks III (2022)

• No one is immune to the negative effects of stress at work.

Synonyms

R

resistant

vsimmune

57 4.2

Able to avoid being harmed by a disease, infection, or drug

is narrower, focusing on disease or drug cases rather than all influences

U

unaffected

vsimmune

32 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

is used when most others are affected by it

I

invulnerable

vsimmune

21 7.7

Not able to be harmed by attack or criticism

is a lack of effect rather than an absolute inability to be harmed

Antonyms

V

vulnerable

590 4.0

At risk of being harmed, attacked or influenced

S

susceptible

80 5.5

Easily affected or harmed by something

Compounds

I

immune system

• Specialized

130 3.2

Part of the body that protects you from germs and disease

I

immune response

• Specialized

13 4.4

The body's reaction to germs like viruses or bacteria that fights infection

I

immune reaction

• Specialized

2 3.2

The body's defence that attacks foreign things like germs or transplanted organs

A

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

• Specialized

2 3.9

A serious disease that weakens the immune system and spreads mainly through sex, blood, or dirty needles

I

immune globulin

• Specialized

1 5.3

Proteins that the body makes to help fight infections

H

humoral immune response

• Specialized

1 6.3

Part of the body's defence where B cells make antibodies in the blood to fight bacteria and toxins

C

cell-mediated immune response

• Specialized

1 6.4

A body defence by special white blood cells that attacks viruses, fungi, and transplanted organs

I

immune gamma globulin

• Specialized

1 5.2

A blood protein made by the body to fight infections

I

immune carrier

• Specialized

1 6.7

A person or animal who carries a disease without feeling sick but can infect others

I

immune serum globulin

• Specialized

6.8

A medicine made from blood proteins that gives quick, short-term protection against disease

I

immune suppressant drug

• Specialized

4.8

A drug that lowers the body's natural defense to stop organ rejection or treat diseases where the body attacks itself

T

tetanus immune globulin

• Specialized

6.7

A shot of antibodies that gives short-term protection against tetanus

How Immune

invulnerable

21 7.7

immune

71 4.2

resistant

8 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology