immune English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Exempt; not subject to.
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Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
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(by extension) Not vulnerable.
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(medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
, title= 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.}}
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Antonyms
* susceptible
* vulnerable
Derived terms
* autoimmune
Noun
( en noun)
(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 citation
, passage=Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes .}}
Coordinate terms
* infective
* susceptible
Verb
( immun)
To make immune.
* (Thomas Hardy)
- In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision
* 1905 , American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal (volume 29, page 42)
- The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.
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prevented English
Verb
(head)
(prevent)
prevent English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Verb
( en verb)
To stop; to keep (from happening).
- I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
citation
, page=
, passage=Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday's final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.}}
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
- ‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent !’
(obsolete) To come before; to precede.
* Bible, 1 Thess. iv. 15
- We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
* Book of Common Prayer
- We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.
* Prior
- Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen.
(obsolete) To outdo, surpass.
* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:
- With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
(obsolete) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
* Alexander Pope
- their ready guilt preventing thy commands
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* preventative
* prevention
* preventive
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