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Meaning of immune in English

immune
adjective
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/ɪˈmjuːn/ us
/ɪˈmjuːn/
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protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood:
immune to Most people who've had chickenpox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives.
He seems to be immune to colds - he just never gets them.
C2 [ after verb ]
not affected or upset by a particular type of behaviour or emotion:
immune to The press had criticized her so often that in the end she had become immune to it.
[ after verb ]
not able to be punished or damaged by something:
immune from Journalists, he insisted, must be immune (= protected) from prosecution.
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(Definition of immune from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

immune | American Dictionary

immune
adjective
us
/ɪˈmjun/
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biology
protected against a particular disease or illness by particular substances in the blood:
The vaccine would make infants immune to bacteria that can cause middle ear infections.
Immune also means protected from or unable to be influenced by something, esp. something bad:
She says her mother is immune to criticism from strangers.

immunization

noun [ U ] us
/ˌɪm·jə·nəˈzeɪ·ʃən/
immunization against polio
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Having taken these precautions, no associations between any of the immune or inflammatory measures and psychological health outcomes were observed.
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Effects of solar radiation and feeding time on behavior, immune response and production of lactating ewes under high ambient temperature.
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Genes play very different roles in operant behavior and the immune system.
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Early vegetative symptoms, however, may also contribute to the high rates of depression seen later in the course of immune activation.
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Newer strategies have emerged that interfere with the activities of endothelial-cell molecules without targeting immune cells and eliciting the adverse effects associated with steroid usage.
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To engage its targets, the immune system must first perceive them and then, in a sense, decide whether to react.
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First, mouse immune pathways are not always the same as human pathways.
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The major challenge in the development of antischistosome vaccines is to use defined antigens to stimulate an appropriate immune response that leads to resistance.
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In addition, the joint effects of pollutants and parasitism on the immune system of the host has not been ascertained.
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For that reason we have described longitudinal responses with a model of the interaction between bacteria and the immune system.
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For this reason, parasites have developed sophisticated self-regulating mechanisms to evade the immune response and to avoid being destroyed by the host.
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A subunit vaccine consists of a part of the virus, typically a protein capable of generating a protective immune response in immunised persons.
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How is it possible for a single larva to reach the ocular chamber and escape from the immune mechanisms without evoking an eosinophilic response?
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Moreover, the successful development and long-term survival of cysticerci in mice may also be related to the immune response.
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The reactions in normal and immune-deprived mice are of comparable size and both contain eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes, fibroblasts and plasma cells.
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免疫的, 不受影響的, 免除的，豁免的…
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免疫的, 不受影响的, 免除的，豁免的…
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inmune, inmune [masculine-feminine], exento/ta [masculine-feminine]…
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रोगप्रतिकारक, विशिष्ट वागणूक वा भावना यामुळे प्रभावित न होणारा या अर्थी, च्या पासून मुक्त…
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免疫のある, 免疫（めんえき）の, 影響（えいきょう）を受（う）けない…
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bağışık, direnç kazanmış, dirençli…
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immunisé/-ée, immunisé/-ée contre, insensible à…
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immuun…
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இரத்தத்தில் உள்ள குறிப்பிட்ட பொருட்களால் ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட நோயிலிருந்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகிறது, ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வகை நடத்தை அல்லது உணர்ச்சியால் பாதிக்கப்படவோ அல்லது வருத்தப்படவோ கூடாது, எதற்கெடுத்தாலும் தண்டிக்கப்படவோ அல்லது சேதப்படுத்தவோ முடியாது…
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प्रतिरक्षित, किसी विशेष रोग से किसी विशेष वस्तु द्वारा सुरक्षित, (किसी अप्रिय व्यवहार से) अप्रभावित…
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ચેપમુક્ત, પ્રતિરક્ષિત, વિમુક્ત…
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immun, modstandsdygtig…
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lali…
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immun, geschützt…
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immun, uimottagelig, beskyttet…
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محفوظ (کسی خاص بیماری سے محفوظ رہنا), کوئی بات سننے کا اس طور پر عادی ہوجانا کہ اس کا کوئی اثرہی نہ پڑے, مستثنیٰ ہونا…
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імунний, несприйнятливий…
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రోగనిరోధక శక్తి/ రక్తంలోని ప్రత్యేకమైన పదార్ధాల ద్వారా నిర్దిష్టమైన వ్యాధి నుండి రక్షించేది, అలవాటు పడడం/ ఒక నిర్దిష్ట రకం ప్రవర్తన లేదా భావోద్వేగాల వల్ల ప్రభావితం కాకుండా లేదా కలత చెందకుండా ఉండడం, దేనిచేతనైనా శిక్షించబడటం లేదా దెబ్బతినడం సాధ్యం కాకుండా ఉండడం…
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রোগ প্রতিরোধ ক্ষমতা, অনাক্রম্য, প্রভাবিত না হওয়া…
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imunní, odolný…
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kebal…
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มีภูมิคุ้มกันโรค…
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miễn khỏi…
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odporny, immunologiczny, odpornościowy…
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