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- pronunciation:
- ih
myun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
resistant to a disease, either naturally or by medical means.
Humans are immune to many diseases that affect cats and dogs.She was vaccinated against measles as a child, so she is immune to it now.- antonyms:
- susceptible
- similar words:
- invulnerable, resistant, unsusceptible
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| definition 2: |
protected or exempt from something that others are not exempt from.
Even the very wealthy are not immune from the effects of an economic recession.- synonyms:
- unsusceptible
- antonyms:
- prone, susceptible
- similar words:
- exempt, invulnerable, protected, resistant, safe, superior, unaffected
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| definition 3: |
not affected by something that does or might affect others.
They thought their stock portfolio was relatively immune to market variations.He's a cold man who seems to be immune to the pain of others.As a politician, she had become fairly immune to unfounded criticism. |
| related words: |
repellent |
adverb + (adj.)immune
from, largely, normally, relatively, severely, somehow, thereby, virtually
(adj.)immune
+ noun
activation,
antibiotic,
antibody,
antigen,
arthritis,
attack,
booster,
cell,
charm,
chemical,
cold,
complex,
criticism,
cure,
damage,
defect,
defense,
deficiency,
depression,
disorder,
dysfunction,
enhancer,
function,
globulin,
inflammation,
invader,
lawsuit,
liability,
lymphocyte,
mechanism,
medication,
messenger,
organ,
prosecution,
protein,
reaction,
recession,
rejection,
resistance,
response,
scrutiny,
suppression,
surveillance,
syndrome,
system,
temptation,
therapy,
tumor
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The word immune
contains the following part:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
imbalance, immaculate, immaterial, immature, immediate, immiscible, immobile, immodest, immortal, immovable, immune, immutable, impalpable, impartial, impassable, impatient, impeccable, impecunious, impenitent, imperfect, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, imperturbable, impervious, implacable, implausible, impolite, imponderable, impossible, impotent, impregnable, improper, impropriety, improvise, imprudent, impudent, impunity, impure
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