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 

• NONIMMUNE (adjective)

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)