PASSIVE IMMUNITY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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)
   Hypernyms(s) passive immunity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • acquired immunity (what does acquired immunity mean?)