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IMMUNE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is immune to a particular infection
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("immune" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immune"):
carrier; immune carrier ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually followed by 'to') not affected by a given influence
Example:
immune to persuasion
Classified under:
Similar:
unaffected (undergoing no change when acted upon)
Derivation:
immunity (the quality of being unaffected by something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
insusceptible; unsusceptible (not susceptible to)
Derivation:
immunity ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Secure against
Example:
immune from criminal prosecution
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
exempt ((of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject)
Derivation:
immunity (an act exempting someone)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Relating to the condition of immunity
Example:
the immune system
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
immunity (the state of not being susceptible)
Derivation:
immunity ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)
Context examples:
Most cases of the disorder are caused by immune system problems, but may also be caused by infection, cancer, or other diseases.
(Addison Disease, NCI Dictionary)
Vaccines using pieces of the Melan-A protein are being studied for their ability to boost the immune response to cancer cells in patients with melanoma.
(Melan-A protein, NCI Dictionary)
Mutation of the gene is associated with spondyloenchondrodysplasia with immune dysregulation.
(ACP5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Vaccines using pieces of the Melanoma Antigen Recognized by T cells 1 are being studied for their ability to boost the immune response to cancer cells in patients with melanoma.
(Melanoma Antigen Recognized by T cells 1, NCI Dictionary)
VLP stimulates the immune system and promotes the CTL response.
(Melan-A VLP Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
It is most common in older people and in people with weakened immune systems.
(Merkel cell cancer, NCI Dictionary)
As part of their immune defenses, many organisms, including humans, produce peptides that can kill bacteria.
(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Mistletoe extract may both stimulate the antitumoral functions of the immune system and have a direct toxic effect on tumor cells.
(Mistletoe Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
Within the first day of injury, immune cells from the blood called inflammatory monocytes entered the core of the injured meningeal tissue and started clearing away dead cells.
(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers discovered that T cells, a type of immune cell, contain a group of oxygen-sensing proteins which act to limit inflammation within the lungs.
(Oxygen can impair cancer immunotherapy in mice, NIH)
