tetanus toxoid

American  

noun

Pharmacology.

1. an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.

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Example Sentences

Many get additional tetanus toxoid boosters in school or college�and, of course, in the armed forces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, when the researchers injected these mice with tetanus toxoid, most of the animals produced human antietanus antibodies, further proof that their new immune systems were functioning as though they were naturally human.

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Dr. Lim now plans to pasture a herd of ponies for serums, manufacture 200,000 doses a day of vaccine for typhoid, cholera, bubonic plague and tetanus toxoid.

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