uninfectable
Resistant to pathogens
Uninfectable describes something that cannot become infected, whether by disease, computer virus, or other contaminating agent.
The term appears most often in medical and technical contexts: The researchers claimed the modified cells were uninfectable by HIV.
It can also describe systems or materials designed to resist contamination: The new server architecture is supposedly uninfectable.
Like many words formed with the prefix un- and suffix -able, it carries a sense of absolute immunity rather than mere resistance.
Complete elimination of microbes
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- asepsisAbsence of harmful microorganisms
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- uncontaminatedFree from impurities
pristine · decontaminated · autoclaved · germfree · pasteurized · sterile field · cleanroom · hygienic
Withstanding external forces
Proteins targeting pathogens
- immunityProtected from harm
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- immunologyScience of bodily defenses
lymphocytes · T-cells · B-cells · white blood cells · antigen · phagocytes · interferon · cytokines
Obstruction preventing passage
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- hermeticImpenetrably closed off
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- shieldedProtected from harm
nonporous · watertight · insusceptible · unbreached · containment · hazmat · sealed system
sterilization
Complete elimination of microbes
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- asepsisAbsence of harmful microorganisms
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
uncontaminated · pristine · decontaminated · autoclaved · germfree · pasteurized · sterile field · cleanroom · hygienic · sanitized
resistant
Withstanding external forces
antibodies
Proteins targeting pathogens
- immunityProtected from harm
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
immunology · lymphocytes · T-cells · B-cells · white blood cells · antigen · phagocytes · interferon · cytokines · immunoglobulin
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- hermeticImpenetrably closed off
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
shielded · nonporous · watertight · insusceptible · unbreached · containment · hazmat · sealed system
uninfectableinfectable
Able to catch illness
susceptible · vulnerable · at risk · exposed · defenseless
infect, infectable, infected, infecting, infection, infections, infectious, infectiously, infectiousness