Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Immune
Protected against an infection or allergic disease. Protected from and not susceptible to a disease, especially an infectious disease. Protected against a particular infection by the presence of specific antibodies against the organisms concerned. Protected from or resistant to a disease or infection by a pathogenic organism as a result of the development of antibodies…
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Immovable
Referring to a joint which cannot be moved.
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Immobilise
To keep someone from moving. To attach a splint to a joint or fractured limb to prevent the bones from moving.
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Immobilisation
The act of preventing somebody or something from being able to move.
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Immobile
Not moving, which cannot move.
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Immiscible
(Of liquids) not able to be mixed. Incapable of mixing, such as oil and water. To that which cannot be mixed, as oil and water. Liquids that are not capable of being mixed together to form stable solutions.
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Immaturity
Behaviour which is lacking in maturity.
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Immature cell
A cell which is still developing.
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Immature
Not mature, lacking insight and emotional stability. Not fully developed or ripened.
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Imbalance
A situation in which things are unequal or in the wrong proportions to one another, e.g. in the diet. Lack of balance; the state of inequality in power between opposing forces.
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