passive immunity
passive immunity · passive immunities
The translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the…The translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies.
More definitions
- an impermanent form of acquired immunity in which antibodies against a disease are acquired naturally (as through the placenta to an unborn child) or artificially (as by injection of antiserum)
Forms
plural: passive immunities| Singular | passive immunity |
|---|---|
| Plural | passive immunities |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedgamma globulin
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.