免疫性

miǎnyìxìng

noun #34,679

Meanings

1 immunity
2 immunogenic property
3 (in compounds) auto-immune; immune-related

Characters

to exempt; to avoid

epidemic; plague

nature; -ness (suffix)

Examples

疫苗可以增强免疫性。

Yìmiáo kěyǐ zēngqiáng miǎnyìxìng.

Vaccines can strengthen immunity.

她患有自身免疫性疾病。

Tā huàn yǒu zìshēn miǎnyìxìng jíbìng.

She suffers from an autoimmune disease.

Tips

usage

Synonym of 免疫力 (miǎnyìlì, 'immune strength') for the abstract noun, but 免疫性 is the form used as a modifier in compounds: 自身免疫性疾病 (autoimmune disease), 免疫性血小板减少症 (immune thrombocytopenia). The -性 suffix marks 'X-ness / X-related' nominalization.

Stroke Order

免 miǎn

疫 yì

性 xìng