All 8 Uses of
immune
in
Oryx and Crake
- They're immune from him.
p. 153..9immune = not in danger of suffering from something OR relating to disease resistance
- These people are not immune from wounds — the children fall down or bash their heads on trees, the women burn their fingers tending the fires, there are cuts and scrapes — but so far the injuries have been minor, and easily cured by purring.
p. 156..4
- If you grew up surrounded by it you were more or less immune, unless a new bioform came raging through; but if you were from the Compounds and you set foot in the pleebs, you were a feast.
p. 287..7
- This would reduce the chances of infection in case any of the staff got sick; the Paradice models had enhanced immune-system functions, so the probability of contagious diseases spreading among them was low.
p. 303..8
- As for immunity from microbes, what had until now been done with drugs would soon be innate.
p. 304..7immunity = the state of not being in danger of suffering from something
- Anyway, you're immune to this.
p. 328..1immune = not in danger of suffering from something OR relating to disease resistance
- He might be immune from the virus — unless, of course, Crake had been lying to him — but not from the rage and despair of its carriers.
p. 345..8 *immune = not in danger of suffering
- Surely Crake would have given them immunity.
p. 352..5immunity = the state of not being in danger of suffering from something
Definition:
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(immune) not in danger of being affected by something -- especially a disease
or:
relating to disease resistance