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immunity

immunity

101 3.5
Protection from disease because the body fights the germ
  • noun
  • /ɪˈmjunɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inmunidad
  • A healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables contributes to overall immunity and well-being.
  • herd immunity
  • innate immunity
  • acquired immunity

Lack of sleep will reduce immunity, so good sleep is important.

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Examples

  • Vaccination is effective in building immunity and protecting against the influenza virus.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Getting vaccinated can boost your immunity against certain diseases.

  • Lack of sleep will reduce immunity, so good sleep is important.

  • So the question is, what kind of immunity do babies get from their mother?

  • How else will one develop an immunity?

  • So generally speaking and supporting your immunity, garlic is amazing.

  • His work began our understanding of immunity and thus our ability to protect against serious infectious disease.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Jenner had shown a way to gain immunity from smallpox, but in a much safer way.

  • Exercise is known to strengthen your immunity, helping your body fight off infections.

Synonyms

protection
vsimmunity
974 1.0

Keeping people or things safe from harm

is an internal biological state that prevents disease using bodily defenses
resistance
vsimmunity
  • Specialized
54 4.1

A living thing's ability to survive disease or drugs

is the actual state of being protected by the body's defenses
unsusceptibility
vsimmunity
9.2

Not being easily harmed or affected by something

is specific to being defended from disease by bodily defenses

Antonyms

A state of being easily affected or harmed by something

Compounds

diplomatic immunity
  • Specialized
15 7.4

A special legal status that stops foreign diplomats from being tried or taxed in the country where they work

6 5.6

Official action that stops police or courts from charging someone for a crime

natural immunity
  • Specialized
4 3.6

The body's protection from disease that a person has naturally without a vaccine or previous infection

2 9.9

A rule that stops people from suing the government unless it agrees

1 8.6

Protection from being charged with crimes you testify about

use immunity
  • Formal
1 8.9

A legal protection that stops a witness's forced testimony or evidence from being used to find them guilty

acquired immunity
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Protection the body develops after meeting a disease or getting a vaccine to prevent future sickness

active immunity
  • Specialized
3.9

Protection your body makes using antibodies after an infection or vaccine

innate immunity
  • Specialized
4.0

Natural protection from disease present at birth without prior exposure

innate immunity
  • Specialized
5.5

The body's natural defense giving stronger responses after earlier exposure or vaccines

racial immunity
  • Specialized
8.9

Natural protection against some diseases in many people of the same race or ethnic group

7.5

Protection that stops a public official being sued for actions taken while doing their job

passive immunity
  • Specialized
4.8

Temporary protection from disease by receiving antibodies from another person or animal

Protection that stops a court using a witness's forced answers or evidence from those answers against them

How Tolerant

immunity
  • Specialized
101 3.5
resistance
  • Specialized
54 4.1
tolerance
  • Specialized
43 4.8
sensitivity
  • Specialized
15 4.2

Surface Forms

immunity singular
immunities plural

Morphology

immunity = immune (transparent) = immune + ity

Regular nominalization of the adjective 'immune' by '-ity' marking the state or quality of being immune; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Immunity comes from the Latin immunis, made of im- 'not' and munis 'duty' or 'service'. So, having immunity to a disease means you are 'free from' it — your body does not have to suffer that illness.