insusceptibility

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He could imagine being married to her so much more easily than being in love with her, and he was a little vexed with himself for his own insusceptibility.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

Thus animals may prove refractory to a small dose of the poison of anthrax, yet Chauveau has shown that this virus will overcome all native or acquired insusceptibility when administered in excess.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Yet it is not untrue to say that variations in children, dependent upon heredity, show chiefly in the relative susceptibility or insusceptibility of the child to the influences of environment and management.

From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles

The germ may therefore be present in a herd without any manifest injury, its disease-producing power having for the time abated considerably, or the whole herd being in a condition of comparative insusceptibility.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The insusceptibility to anthrax is often characteristic of certain individuals or families or of the animals living in a particular district.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various