antitoxin
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Noun
antitoxins, plural;
/ˌantēˈtäksin/,
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antitoxins, plural;
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An antibody that counteracts a toxin
Web Definitions:
- an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
- An antibody that is capable of neutralising specific toxins that are causative agents of disease; microorganisms including viruses and bacteria
- Antibody that neutralizes a toxin. Diphtheria antitoxin, for example, is derived from the blood of horses immunized with diphtheria toxin and is given, along with antibiotics, to treat patients with clinical diphtheria.
- AntibodyA protein produced by the body, in response to the presence of a foreign substance, that fights the invading organism. that inactivates toxins produced by certain bacteriaSingle-cell microorganisms that cause infection..
- An antibody formed in response to and capable of neutralizing a specific toxin of biological origin.
- It is produced by the body and carried in the bloodstream and acts against specific toxins.
- An antibody that is capable of neutralizing poisons from animal and vegetable sources.
- Antibodies specific for a toxin.