PASSIVE IMMUNITY

Meaning of PASSIVE IMMUNITY in English

Immunol.

immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum.

[ 1890-95 ]

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PASSIVE IMMUNITY — noun Date: 1895 immunity acquired by transfer of antibodies (as by injection of serum from an individual with active immunity), …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — noun : immunity acquired by transfer of antibodies from an actively immune individual
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — Date: 1895 : immunity acquired by transfer of antibodies (as by injection of serum from an individual with active immunity) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — Function: noun Date: 1895 : immunity acquired by transfer of antibodies (as by injection of serum from an individual with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — ■ noun Physiology short-term immunity resulting from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — [passive immunity] n (1895): immunity acquired by transfer of antibodies (as by injection of serum from an individual with active …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — immunity acquired by transfer of antibodies, either naturally (e.g., from mother to fetus) or by injection. Contrast with active immunity.
AIDS English Glossary
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — пассивный иммунитет
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PASSIVE IMMUNITY — пассивный иммунитет
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
IMMUNITY — I Ability to resist attack or overcome infection by invading microbes or larger parasites. Immunity is based on the proper …
Английский словарь Британика
PASSIVE — I. ˈpasiv, ˈpaas-, ˈpais-, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus (past participle of pati …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMMUNITY — ə̇ˈmyünəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin immunitas, from immunis + -itas -ity 1. a. : freedom or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSIVE — (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — ( a. ) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — — passively , adv. /pas"iv/ , adj. 1. not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. ˈpa-siv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 2. passive ·adj not active, but acted …
Webster English vocab
IMMUNITY — adj freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error. 2. immunity ·add. ·noun the state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion …
Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — [pas.sive] adj [ME, fr. L passivus, fr. passus, pp.] (14c) 1 a (1): acted upon by an external agency (2): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IMMUNITY — in law, exemption or freedom from liability. In England and the United States a legislator is immune from civil liability …
Britannica English vocabulary
PASSIVE — passive BrE AmE ˈpæs ɪv § \ -əv ▷ passive|ly li ▷ passive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ passive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PASSIVE — / ˈpæsɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. accepting what happens or what people do without trying to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IMMUNITY — / ɪˈmjuːnəti; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] ( pl. -ies ) 1. immunity (to sth) | immunity …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. pas ‧ sive 1 AC /ˈpæsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ passivity ; adverb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IMMUNITY — im ‧ mu ‧ ni ‧ ty /ɪˈmjuːnəti, ɪˈmjuːnɪti/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] 1 . the state or right of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PASSIVE — adj.1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally …
Oxford English vocab
PASSIVE — 1. If you describe someone as passive , you mean that they do not take action but instead let things …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES passive resistance (= a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMMUNITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES diplomatic immunity immunity from prosecution formal (= the state of being protected from prosecution ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PASSIVE — (GRAMMAR) [noun] [U] [specialized] - the passive a way of structuring a sentence so that the grammatical subject is the …
Cambridge English vocab
IMMUNITY — [noun] [U]The vaccination gives you immunity against the disease for up to six months.(figurative) He was told that he would …
Cambridge English vocab
IMMUNITY — n. In law, exemption or freedom from liability. Under international treaty, a diplomatic representative is exempt from local laws, both …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IMMUNITY — n. Ability to resist attack or overcome infection by invading microbes or larger parasites. Immunity is based on the proper …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PASSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMMUNITY — Synonyms and related words : absolution, acquired immunity, active immunity, amnesty, antibody, antigen, artificial immunity, assurance, blank check, carte blanche, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMMUNITY — noun 1 protection against disease ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ acquired , natural ▪ impaired ▪ lifelong ▪ Infection usually confers …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PASSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a passive role : INACTIVE, non-active, non-participative, uninvolved. passive victims : SUBMISSIVE, acquiescent, unresisting, unassertive, compliant, pliant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMMUNITY — n. 25B6; noun an immunity to malaria : RESISTANCE, non-susceptibility; ability to fight off, protection against, defences against; immunization against, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj. 1 inactive, non-aggressive, inert, motionless, unresponsive, quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, still, idle, unmoving, unmoved, impassive, untouched, cool, indifferent, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IMMUNITY — n. 1 exemption, non-liability, invulnerability, protection, excuse, release, exclusion, privilege, freedom, indemnity, amnesty, exoneration, absolution In return for his testimony …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PASSIVE — An inactive move or plan that doesn't fight for the initiative. A passive position has no hope of counterplay or …
English Glossary of Chess Terms
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
IMMUNITY — сущ. 1) юр. неприкосновенность diplomatic immunity ≈ дипломатическая неприкосновенность immunity from prosecution ≈ судебная неприкосновенность immunity bath ≈ предоставление иммунитета, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — passive.ogg 1. ʹpæsıv n (the passive) 1> грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2> редк. покорное существо 2. ʹpæsıv a 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IMMUNITY — immunity.ogg ıʹmju:nıtı n (from, against) 1. мед. , биол. иммунитет, невосприимчивость natural acquired immunity - врождённый приобретённый иммунитет immunity from …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IMMUNITY — 1) невосприимчивость; защищённость 2) иммунность ( состояние высокой коррозионной стойкости металла ) 3) иммунитет • - interference immunity - jamming …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
IMMUNITY — 1) невосприимчивость; защищённость 2) иммунность (состояние высокой коррозионной стойкости металла) 3) иммунитет • - interference immunity - jamming immunity - jitter immunity - noise immunity - specific immunity
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PASSIVE — 1) беспроцентный 2) пассивный 3) шумопеленгаторный • - passive car safety - passive cavity - passive circuit - passive constraint - passive extrapolation - passive game - passive network - passive …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PASSIVE — passive прил.1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. Syn:inert, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
IMMUNITY — immunity сущ.1) юр. неприкосновенность diplomatic immunity — дипломатическая неприкосновенность immunity from prosecution — судебная неприкосновенность immunity bath — амер. предоставление …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PASSIVE — 1. ʹpæsıv n (the passive) 1) грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2> редк. покорное существо 2. ʹpæsıv a 1. 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IMMUNITY — n (from, against) 1. мед. , биол. иммунитет, невосприимчивость natural acquired immunity - врождённый приобретённый иммунитет immunity from a disease …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
IMMUNITY — сущ. 1) юр. неприкосновенность diplomatic immunity — дипломатическая неприкосновенность immunity from prosecution — судебная неприкосновенность congressional immunity — амер. депутатская …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. Syn: inert, inactive, lethargic 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
IMMUNITY — сущ. 1) юр. неприкосновенность diplomatic immunity — дипломатическая неприкосновенность immunity from prosecution — судебная неприкосновенность congressional immunity — амер. депутатская неприкосновенность immunity bath — амер. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
IMMUNITY — в соч. immunity to noise — помехозащищённость ( напр. станка ) - external immunity - high-noise immunity - noise immunity
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
IMMUNITY — в соч. immunity to noise — помехозащищённость (напр. станка) - external immunity - high-noise immunity - noise immunity
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
IMMUNITY — иммунитет, невосприимчивость - acquired immunity - active immunity - adaptive immunity - adoptive immunity - antibody-independent immunity - antibody-mediated immunity - artificial immunity - cell-bound immunity - cell-mediated immunity - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
IMMUNITY — иммунитет, невосприимчивость - acquired immunity - active immunity - adaptive immunity - adoptive immunity - antibody-independent immunity - antibody-mediated immunity …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PASSIVE — 1. _a. 1> пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный 2> покорный 3> _грам. страдательный (о залоге) 4> _фин. беспроцентный; - passive balance - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PASSIVE — 1. a. 1. пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный 2. покорный 3. грам. страдательный (о залоге) 4. фин. беспроцентный; - passive balance - …
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