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immunized

immunized

3.9
Protected from a disease because of a vaccine
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈmjunˌaɪzd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inmunizado
  • After receiving the vaccine, she was officially immunized against the flu.

Examples

  • Well, they're little kids, infants that can't be immunized yet with vaccines or don't respond well.

  • You know, if I say people need to be immunized for measles, you know, we know it works.

  • We're all almost all of us are immunized, which is this incredible superpower that our ancestors didn't have.

  • You can make antiserum from, or you can make serum from a individual who's been immunized with polio virus.

  • Thanks to the community health program, many children were immunized against measles this year.

  • He felt relieved knowing that he was immunized and protected from serious diseases.

Synonyms

immune
vsimmunized
  • Specialized
49 4.1

Protected against a disease or infection, often after vaccination

is caused deliberately by a medical shot rather than arising from natural resistance
vaccinated
vsimmunized
2.7

A person who has had a shot to protect them from a disease

is the resulting protected state rather than just the act of receiving a shot

Antonyms

unimmunized
  • US
1 7.5

Not having had a vaccine that protects you from a disease

How Immune

immunized
  • Specialized
3.9
resistant
61 4.2
protected
1 2.0
vulnerable
581 4.0

Surface Forms

immunized positive
immunised positive

Morphology

immunized = immunize (transparent) = immune + ize + ed

Formed from the verb 'immunize' by adding the standard past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed', preserving the expected meaning.

Etymology

The word immunized comes from the old Latin word immunis, which meant 'exempt' or 'free from a duty'. So to be immunized is to be made 'free from' a disease — like being 'immune' or having 'immunity' that protects you.