different between immune vs antigenicity

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin imm?nis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + m?nus (“service”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??mju?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Adjective

immune (comparative more immune, superlative most immune)

1. (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.

2. (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.

3. (by extension) Not vulnerable.

4. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.

Antonyms

• susceptible
• vulnerable

Derived terms

• acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• alloimmune
• autoimmune
• chemoimmune
• cryoimmune
• dysimmune
• gastrimmune
• hematoimmune
• heteroimmune
• homoimmune
• hyperimmune
• hypoimmune
• immune complex
• immune deficiency
• immune evasion, immunevasion
• immune reaction
• immune response
• immune system
• lymphoimmune
• neuroimmune
• nonimmune
• osteoimmune
• pauci-immune
• postimmune
• radioimmune
• seroimmune
• unimmune
• xenoimmune

Translations

Noun

immune (plural immunes)

1. (epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease

Coordinate terms

• infective
• susceptible

Verb

immune (third-person singular simple present immunes, present participle immuning, simple past and past participle immuned)

1. (rare, transitive) To make immune.
   • 1917, Thomas Hardy, In the Seventies

     In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]

   • 1905, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal (volume 29, page 42)

     The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin imm?nis (“exempt from public service”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /im?mu.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im?mu.ne/

Adjective

immune (masculine and feminine plural immunes)

1. immune

Derived terms

• immunitzar

Related terms

• immunitat

Further reading

• “immune” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

immune

1. inflection of immun:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin imm?nis (“exempt from public service”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?mu.ne/
• Rhymes: -une

Adjective

immune (plural immuni)

1. immune, exempt, free, unscathed

   Synonyms: esente, libero

Related terms

Latin

Adjective

imm?ne

1. nominative neuter singular of imm?nis
2. accusative neuter singular of imm?nis
3. vocative neuter singular of imm?nis

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

immune

1. definite singular and plural of immun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

immune

1. definite singular and plural of immun

English

Etymology

antigenic +? -ity

Pronunciation

Noun

antigenicity (plural antigenicities)

1. (immunology) The ability, or degree of ability, to react with the products of an immune response.

Related terms

• antigen
• immunogenicity

Translations

References

• “antigenicity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.