passive transfer

American  

noun

1. Immunology. injection of lymphocytes or antibody from an immune or sensitized donor to a nonimmune host in order to impart immunity or test for allergic reactions.

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Etymology

Origin of passive transfer

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Regardless of how Stony ended up abandoned, he never had his first taste of mother’s milk, and suffered a failure of passive transfer by not getting the needed colostrum with that first milking.

From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2017