immuno-

immuno-

pref.

Immune; immunity: immunoassay.

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[From immune.]

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immuno-

or before a vowel

immun-

combining form

indicating immunity or immune: immunology.

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im•mune

(ɪˈmyun)

adj.

1. protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.

2. of or pertaining to the production of antibodies or lymphocytes that can react with a specific antigen: immune reaction.

3. exempt; protected: immune from punishment.

4. not responsive or susceptible: immune to new ideas.

n.

5. an immune person.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immūnis exempt =im- im-² + -mūnis; see common]

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