Immuned vs Immured - What's the difference?
immuned | immured |
(immune)
Exempt; not subject to.
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Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
(by extension) Not vulnerable.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
* {{quote-book, 1965, , Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man, editors=Rene J. Dubos & James G. Hirsch
, passage=Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes .}}
To make immune.
* (Thomas Hardy)
* 1905 , American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal (volume 29, page 42)
As verbs the difference between immuned and immured
is that immuned is past tense of immune while immured is past tense of immure.As an adjective immured is
imprisoned or confined.immuned
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Verb
(head)immune
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Adjective
(en adjective)Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
Antonyms
* susceptible * vulnerableDerived terms
* autoimmuneNoun
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Coordinate terms
* infective * susceptibleVerb
(immun)- In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision
- The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.
