NOUN
- 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)
How To Use passive immunity In A Sentence
- This type contrasts with passive immunity, in which an individual receives antibodies or lymphocytes from another individual who was previously actively immunized.
- This experiment discussed the effect of yolk antibody on the passive immunity defense through preparing high-titer yolk antibody against the high-efficient rabbit's viral hemorrhage.
- Young suckling piglets are protected by passive immunity from the sow. In most systems they receive little challenge from the sow herself, since she is actively immune to the diseases she carries.