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comparative more immune, superlative most immune
(usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to. quotations examples
He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.
1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.
2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire
(medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens. examples
(by extension) Not vulnerable. quotations examples
[...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents.
1959 June, “The opening of the Colchester-Walton-Clacton electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system. quotations examples
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.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
plural immunes
(epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease quotations
Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.
1965, Rene J. Dubos, James G. Hirsch, editors, Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man, page 742
third-person singular simple present immunes, present participle immuning, simple past and past participle immuned
(rare, transitive) To make immune. quotations
In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]
1917, Thomas Hardy, In the Seventies
The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.
1905, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal, volume 29, page 42