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Adjective: immunised  'i-myu,nIzd
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: immunized)
  1. Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease
    "I am aware that these cases of diphtheria among immunised children are probably the first on record";
    - immunized, vaccinated
Verb: immunise  'i-myu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: immunize)
  1. Grant immunity from prosecution
    - immunize
     
  2. (medicine) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    "We immunise against scarlet fever";
    - immunize, inoculate, vaccinate, vax [informal], jab [Brit, informal]

See also: insusceptible, unsusceptible

Type of: inject, protect, shoot

Encyclopedia: Immunised