unimmune
Lacking disease resistance
Not protected against a disease or harmful agent; lacking immunity.
A person who is unimmune to measles can contract the illness upon exposure.
The term appears mainly in medical and epidemiological contexts: The outbreak spread rapidly through the unimmune population.
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
fragile · weak · helpless · compromised · delicate · precarious · threatened · assailable
defenseless
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
endangered · fragile · weak · helpless · compromised · delicate · precarious · threatened · assailable · unshielded
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- exposureState of being unprotected
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
outbreak · epidemic · pandemic · transmission · spread · pathogens · germs · bacteria · virus · carrier
unimmuneimmune
Protected from harm
immunized · resistant · vaccinated · inoculated · protected
immune, immunity, immunize, immunization, immunized, immunizing, immunological, immunology, immunologist