🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

nicht immun

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nicht immun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nonimmune/ˌnɒn.ɪˈmjuːn/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Nicht immunisierte Personen sind anfälliger für die Krankheit."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not having immunity to a disease or infection.

    "Individuals who are nonimmune to the virus are at a higher risk of contracting it."
  2. 2

    Describing a state of susceptibility to infection or disease.

    "The study focused on nonimmune populations to understand the spread of the disease."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'nonimmune' is derived from the prefix 'non-', meaning 'not', combined with 'immune', which comes from the Latin 'immunis', meaning 'exempt' or 'free from'. The term has evolved in the medical field to describe individuals or organisms that do not possess immunity to a particular disease or pathogen.

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