Adoptive immunity


passive immunity resulting from the administration of sensitized lymphocytes from an immune donor.

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  • Adorable

    very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat! worthy of being . Contemporary Examples More than halfway through this short book, this adorable guide takes the reader by the hand and leads her to a terrible place. Who’s a Bad Mother? Susan Cheever May 3, 2009 Much has happened since the loathsome caviar-coddled MF […]

  • Adorability

    very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat! worthy of being . adjective very attractive; charming; lovable (rare) deserving or eliciting adoration adj. 1610s, from French adorable, from Latin adorabilis “worthy of worship,” from adorare (see adore). Weakened sense of “delightful, charming” is recorded from 1710. Related: Adorably; adorableness.

  • Adorableness

    very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat! worthy of being . Historical Examples Why should she have prettiness, and adorableness, and the lyric gift, and such abounding confident youth? Leonora Arnold Bennett adjective very attractive; charming; lovable (rare) deserving or eliciting adoration adj. 1610s, from French adorable, from Latin adorabilis “worthy of worship,” […]

  • Adorably

    very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat! worthy of being . Contemporary Examples In true, adorably awkward JLaw fashion, she tripped on her own dress while ascending the steps to accept the award. The Juvenile Oscars Marlow Stern February 24, 2013 Stamos plays a suave dentist dating the adorably neurotic Emma (Jayma Mays), […]


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