immune

Examples

• All

• I mean, I'm immune to a number of really, really terrible diseases because I was inoculated against them as a child.

  No Maps for These Territories (2000)

• I don't worry about these things with her because she has a strong immune system.

  Vaxxed II: The People's Truth (2020)

• One shot at birth and you're immune to the bites.

  Johnny Z (2023)

• They were full of health and apparently immune to the ravages of the disease.

  6 Souls (2010)

• Europeans who survived it were immune, but many carried the germs; Indians had no immunity to it.

  Fiction book (1992)

• After receiving the vaccine, she is now immune to the disease.

• His body is naturally immune to the virus due to genetics.

• Children often acquire immune responses through vaccinations to protect against infections.

Synonyms

R

resistant

vsimmune

61 4.2

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

is full protection rather than just the ability to keep harm away

I

immunized

vsimmune

• Specialized

3.9

Protected from a disease because of a vaccine

is protection against disease without specifying how it developed

H

hyperimmune

vsimmune

• Specialized

9.1

A person or animal with very strong protection from many disease-fighting blood proteins

is ordinary protection without unusually high antibody levels

Antonyms

S

susceptible

79 5.5

Easily affected or harmed by something

U

unprotected

28 2.9

Not safe from harm

Compounds

I

immune system

• Specialized

122 3.2

Part of the body that protects you from germs and disease

I

immune response

• Specialized

11 4.4

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

I

immune globulin

• Specialized

1 5.3

Proteins that the body makes to help fight infections

A

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

• Specialized

1 3.9

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

I

immune reaction

• Specialized

1 3.2

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

C

cell-mediated immune response

• Specialized

6.4

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

H

humoral immune response

• Specialized

6.3

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

I

immune carrier

• Specialized

6.7

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

I

immune gamma globulin

• Specialized

5.2

A blood protein made by the body to fight infections

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

immune

• Specialized

49 4.1

resistant

61 4.2

susceptible

79 5.5

Surface Forms

Etymology