I. ə̇ˈmyün adjective
Etymology: Latin immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in- in- (I) + -munis (from munia services, obligations) — more at mean (common)
1.
a. : free , exempt
immune from further taxation
a book is a tool … and should be as immune , almost, from decoration as a crowbar or a cartridge — Holbrook Jackson
b. : protected , guarded — usually used with from or against
immune from political pressures by reason of his office
a full life is immune against boredom
2.
[French immun, from Latin immunis ]
: not susceptible or responsive — usually used with to
immune to all pleas
the Soviet Union has not been immune to the pressures of coexistence — L.S.Feuer
a streptococcus immune to antibiotics
especially : having a high degree of natural or acquired resistance to a disease
immune to diphtheria
3.
a. : having or producing antibodies to a corresponding antigen or hapten
an immune serum
b. : produced in response to the presence of a corresponding antigen
immune agglutinins
4. of cotton yarn : treated so as to repel the usual dyes for cotton
II. noun
( -s )
: an immune individual