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passive immunity

noun

, Immunology.
  1. immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum.


passive immunity

/ păsĭv /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of passive immunity1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Dunbar expected to confer passive immunity on the hay fever patient by transferring to him this horse serum with its antibodies.

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