Definition of "immune" []

• Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt: immune from taxation; immune from criminal prosecution. (adjective)
• Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive: immune to persuasion. (adjective)
• Immunology Of, relating to, or having resistance to infection by a specific pathogen. (adjective)
• Immunology Of or relating to sensitized antibodies or lymphocytes that react to specific agents. (adjective)
• A person who is immune to a particular infection. (noun)

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• "But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed."
• "Even the lymph system is only a part of what we call the immune system."
• "Dr. Benacerraf's specific contribution was the discovery that the strength of an individual's immune response was controlled by a group of genes, which he called "immune response genes.""