immune

Examples

• All

• Stalklings are one of the few species of troll that are immune to the effects of sunlight.

• As the immune system suffers under the chemotherapy, she'll grow weaker.

  Marvin's Room (1996)

• My doctor mentioned the impact stress could have on the immune system.

  Philadelphia (1993)

• Your immune system is in collapse.

  Now Is Good (2012)

• This creature's immune system has no way to defend itself.

  Strange World (2022)

• This procedure will greatly weaken his immune system.

  Desperate Measures (1998)

• It seems that young people can live with it longer, presumably because their immune systems are... stronger.

  Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

• In healthy people, the immune system is ever poised to ward off attackers.

  Academic text (2011)

• Some cellular or glandular change has taken place, which renders you immune.

  Man-Made Monster (1941)

• Your state of mind affects your immune system, and your body behaves accordingly, so the solution is don't believe in dying.

  Ageless Love (2022)

Synonyms

H

hyperimmune

vsimmune

• Specialized

9.1

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

has protection against a specific disease without unusually high antibody levels

Antonyms

V

vulnerable

581 4.0

At risk of being harmed, attacked or influenced

S

susceptible

79 5.5

Easily affected or harmed by something

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

140 6.9

resistant

61 4.2

susceptible

79 5.5

Surface Forms

Etymology