immunity
nounBand 7
UKɪˈmjuːnəti
USˌɪˈmjuːnəti
The body's ability to resist a particular infection or toxin.
Vaccines build immunity against disease.
A healthy diet can strengthen your immunity.
Remember it
Immunity comes from Latin immunis, meaning “exempt” or protected from a duty or burden.
Watch out
immunity of a diseaseimmunity to a disease
Use to after immunity.
Goes with
Similar and opposite
- Similar
- resistanceprotection
- Opposite
- susceptibilityvulnerability
Word family
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