HyperDic: passive_immunity

English > 1 sense of the expression passive immunity:
NOUNstatepassive immunityan impermanent / 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)
English > passive immunity: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn impermanent / 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).
Broaderacquired immunityimmunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life

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