See Also: jugulum(dictionary)
jugulum(medicine)
immune(2)(dictionary)
immune(dictionary)
immune(1)(dictionary)
Immune(health)
IMMUNE(medicine)
immune haemolysin(medicine)
immune deviation(medicine)
immune deficiency(medicine)

immune(1) (iou) and jugulum (iou)


immune(1) (iou)



immune adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin immunis exempt from a service or charge, formed as IM-2 + munis ready for service.]
A. adjective.
Exempt; free (from some liability). Now only in Law. LME.
W. S. Churchill The officials pleaded that they were immune because they were acting under Government orders.
Biology. (Partially or wholly) invulnerable to (an) infection, poison, etc., esp. owing to the inherited or (naturally or artificially) induced presence of antibodies specific to the agent. Foll. by against, from, to. L19.
b. Of, pertaining to, or producing immunity. E20.
K. Landsteiner The immune antibodies..react..with the antigens that were used for immunizing. Times A deficiency disease of the body's immune defence system.
fig. Wholly protected (from something injurious or distasteful); not susceptible (to). L19.
New York Times Golden ages when these who governed..have been immune from acts of rage and insanity. B. Chatwin She failed to charm him: he was immune to her kind of charm.
b. Of a computer system: protected against damage by hackers and viruses. L20.
Special collocations: immune body an antibody. immune globulin (a) a preparation containing antibodies, suitable for use as an antiserum; (b) = IMMUNOGLOBULIN. immune response the reaction of the body to the introduction of an antigen. immune system those structures and functions of an organism responsible for maintaining immunity.
b. noun. An immune person or thing. L19.

jugulum (iou)



jugulum noun. E18.
[Latin = collar-bone, throat, dim. of jugum YOKE noun1.]
Anatomy & Zoology. Orig., the collar-bone. Now, the throat, or (esp. in birds) the lower front part of the neck; Entomology any of various corresponding parts in insects.