toxin-antitoxin

[ tok-sin-an-ti-tok-sin, -an-tee-, -an-ti-tok-sin, -an-tee- ]

/ ˈtɒk sɪnˌæn tɪˈtɒk sɪn, -ˌæn ti-, -ˈæn tɪˌtɒk sɪn, -ˈæn ti- /

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noun Immunology.

a mixture of toxin and antitoxin, formerly used to induce active immunity against certain diseases, especially diphtheria.

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Origin of toxin-antitoxin

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby toxin-antitoxin

toxic shock syndrome, toxic tetanus, toxic waste, toxigenic, toxin, toxin-antitoxin, toxinic, toxinogenic, toxins, toxipathic, toxiphobia

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How to use toxin-antitoxin in a sentence

In this understanding, art is like a medicine or a toxin, transforming its audience for good or ill.
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In fact Botulinum Toxin is a lethal substance that can cause botulism, a life-threatening illness.
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The same toxin that causes this “pseudomembrane” to form can also damage organs like the heart and kidneys.
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Though she has clarified that she “and the autism community” are not anti-vaccine per se, they are “anti-toxin and anti-schedule.”
Twitter Crushes Anti-Vaccination Queen Jenny McCarthy|The Daily Beast|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It presumes “that art is an instrument like medicine or a toxin that can be injected into us and transform us.”
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As to the use of antitoxin as a preventive and cure for diphtheria, too much praise cannot be given to that wonderful discovery.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Reliable diphtheria antitoxin, used in proper quantity and early enough, is almost an absolute cure.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
If you find a physician opposed to the use of antitoxin this simply means that he is a quack.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
It does, however, unite with the toxin or poison given off by the germs and renders it entirely harmless.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
The use of antitoxin, which prevents annually many thousands of deaths from diphtheria, does not help us in many other diseases.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various

British Dictionary definitions for toxin-antitoxin

toxin-antitoxin

noun

a mixture of a specific toxin and antitoxin. The diphtheria toxin-antitoxin was formerly used in the US for active immunization

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Medical definitions for toxin-antitoxin

toxin-antitoxin

A mixture of a toxin and its antitoxin with a slight excess of toxin, formerly used as a vaccine.