noun
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an antibody that neutralizes a toxin
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blood serum that contains a specific antibody
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An antibody formed in response to and capable of neutralizing a specific toxin of biological origin.
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Compare toxin
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An animal or human serum containing antitoxins, used to prevent or treat diseases caused by biological toxins, such as tetanus, botulism, and diphtheria.
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There is an antitoxin that doctors can give.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
WHO purchases antitoxin, made in horses, from just two companies, and supply has been problematic for a decade.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 20, 2023
As diphtheria - a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection - spread among Nome's people, its port was icebound, meaning antitoxin would have to be delivered overland.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023
Dr. Park was responsible for helping mass-produce an antitoxin that served as a breakthrough in treating and preventing diphtheria, a disease that killed many of the small children and others who share his burial ground.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
The antitoxin produced in the contest of the body cells against some diseases will not only neutralise the toxin of a particular disease, but it will also neutralise the toxin of a second disease.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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