Etymology
Origin of antitoxic
Example Sentences
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Unless an antitoxic serum is administered, death from respiratory paralysis usually follows.
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She campaigned for ventilation, antitoxic rinses, safeguards of all kinds.
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The immunity produced by injections of antitoxic sera lasts only for a comparatively short time, seldom longer than a few weeks.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The antitoxic property is developed in a susceptible animal by successive and gradually increasing doses of the toxin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
He is antitoxic; he is a literary germicide of peculiar power.
From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John
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