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Definition of Immunity

1. Noun. The state of not being susceptible. "Unsusceptibility to rust"

2. Noun. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease.

3. Noun. The quality of being unaffected by something. "Immunity to criticism"

4. Noun. An act exempting someone. "He was granted immunity from prosecution"

Definition of Immunity

1. n. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.

2. n. The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.

Definition of Immunity

1. the state of being protected from a disease [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Immunity

1. The condition of being immune, the protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunisation or previous infection or by other nonimmunologic factors. Origin: L. Immunitas (13 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immunity

immune system immune thrombocytopenia immune thrombocytopenic purpura immune tolerance immunifacient immunisation immunisation immunisation therapy immunise immunise

immunised immunises immunising immunities immunity (current term) immunity (current term) immunity deficiency immunization immunization immunizations

immunization program immunization schedule immunize immunized immunizer immunizers immunizes immunizing immunizing agent immuno-

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