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passive immunity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
pas-sive im-mu-ni-ty
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

passive immunities (plural)

Phrases

gamma globulin which may be given as a form of passive immunization

Frequently Paired Words

gamma globulin which may be given as a form of passive immunization active immunity

Questions

What does passive immunity mean?
The translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies.

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