immune. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

immune

SYLLABICATION:	im·mune
PRONUNCIATION:	-myn
ADJECTIVE:	1. Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt: immune from taxation; immune from criminal prosecution. 2. Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive: immune to persuasion. 3. Immunology Of, relating to, or having resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
NOUN:	A person who is immune.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Latin immnis. See mei-¹ in Appendix I.


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