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passive transfer

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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.

Etymology

Origin of passive transfer

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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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

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