passive immunity
/ˈpæs·ɪv ɪˈmyu·nɪ·ti/ n [U]Definition
› biology protection against disease in the form of antibodies (= substances in the blood that fight disease) that come from someone else, for example, from the mother's milk
(Definition of passive immunity n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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