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NONIMMUNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonimmune mean?
• NONIMMUNE (adjective)
The adjective NONIMMUNE has 1 sense:
1. (often followed by 'to') likely to be affected with
Familiarity information: NONIMMUNE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often followed by 'to') likely to be affected with
Synonyms:
liable; nonimmune; nonresistant; unresistant
Context example:
liable to diabetes
Similar:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
Context examples
Use of antibodies or primed lymphocytes from an immune donor to produce immunity against an antigenic substance or organism in a nonimmune host.
(Passive Immunization, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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