immune
English
/ɪˈmjuːn/
adj
Definitions
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (medicine) Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French immun derived from Latin immūnis (exempt from public service).
Origin
Latin
immūnis
Gloss
exempt from public service
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alloimmune English
- auto-immune English
- autoimmune English
- autoimmunology English
- chemoimmune English
- chemoimmunology English
- cryoimmune English
- cryoimmunology English
- deficiency English
- dysimmune English
- ecoimmunology English
- gay English
- gay-related immune deficiency English
- gay-related immunodeficiency English
- hematoimmune English
- heteroimmune English
- homoimmune English
- hyperimmune English
- hypoimmune English
- immunify English
- immunological English
- immunologist English
- immunology English
- immunome English
- immunomics English
- lymphoimmune English
- neuroautoimmune English
- neuroimmune English
- neuroimmunology English
- nonautoimmune English
- nonimmune English
- oncoimmunology English
- osteoimmune English
- osteoimmunology English
- palaeoimmunology English
- paleoimmunology English
- pauci-immune English
- photoimmunology English
- postimmune English
- preimmune English
- psychoendoneuroimmunology English
- psychoimmunology English
- psychoneuroimmune English
- radioimmune English
- radioimmunology English
- seroimmune English
- unimmune English
- viroimmunology English
- xenoimmune English
- immunitas Latin
- immūnis Latin
- immune Italian
- immun French
- imune Portuguese
- immune Catalan, Valencian
- immun Middle French
- gay
- unimmune
- immunify
- immunome
- preimmune
- dysimmune
- nonimmune
- autoimmune
- postimmune
- immunomics
- hypoimmune
- deficiency
- cryoimmune
- seroimmune
- immunology
- xenoimmune
- alloimmune
- homoimmune
- chemoimmune
- hyperimmune
- osteoimmune
- auto-immune
- radioimmune
- neuroimmune
- hematoimmune
- lymphoimmune
- pauci-immune
- heteroimmune
- immunologist
- ecoimmunology
- immunological
- nonautoimmune
- autoimmunology
- viroimmunology
- cryoimmunology
- oncoimmunology
- neuroimmunology
- chemoimmunology
- neuroautoimmune
- paleoimmunology
- osteoimmunology
- photoimmunology
- radioimmunology
- psychoimmunology
- palaeoimmunology
- psychoneuroimmune
- psychoendoneuroimmunology
- gay-related immunodeficiency
- gay-related immune deficiency