Definition of Immunity

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

Exact synonyms: Unsusceptibility
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Exemption, Freedom
Antonyms: Susceptibility
Derivative terms: Unsusceptible

2. Noun. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease.
Exact synonyms: Resistance
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Immunogenicity, Acquired Immunity, Innate Immunity, Natural Immunity
Derivative terms: Immune, Immune, Resistant

3. Noun. The quality of being unaffected by something. "Immunity to criticism"
Generic synonyms: Invulnerability
Derivative terms: Immune

4. Noun. An act exempting someone. "He was granted immunity from prosecution"
Exact synonyms: Exemption, Granting Immunity
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Release, Waiver
Specialized synonyms: Fix, Official Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Testimonial Immunity, Use Immunity
Derivative terms: Immune

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

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immune thrombocytopenia
immune thrombocytopenic purpura
immune tolerance
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immunisation therapy
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immunity (current term)
immunity (current term)
immunity deficiency
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