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Definition of Antitoxic
1. Adjective. Counteracting a toxin or poison.
Definition of Antitoxic
1. Adjective. that counteracts a toxin or poison ¹
2. Adjective. of, or relating to an antitoxin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antitoxic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Antitoxic
1. Neutralizing the action of a poison; specifically, relating to an antitoxin. See: antidotal. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antitoxic
Literary usage of Antitoxic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"It has been shown by investigators that the globulin of tetanus and diphtheria
antitoxic sera, when separated from the sera, carries with it the antitoxic ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1908)
"Magnesium salts possess a greater antitoxic value than the corresponding potassium
or ammonium salts. Mixing a small quantity of (CHOO),Mg with twice the ..."
3. Report by New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Health (1902)
"... animals bled for antitoxic serums 96 Amount of diphtheria antitoxic serum
produced, in cubic centimeters 132475 " tetanus antitoxic serum produced, ..."
4. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"By the method of allowing the blood to coagulate, as above described, only about
one-third of its volume is recovered as antitoxic serum. ..."
5. Pathogenic Micro-organisms: Including Bacteria and Protozoa; a Practical by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams (1910)
"In 1900, Atkinson, working in the Research Laboratory of the Health Department,
eliminated all but the globulin from the antitoxic serum, and we tried this ..."
6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1900)
"WHILE in the treatment of diphtheria and tetanus we believe that the beneficial
effects of antitoxic sera far outweigh the deleterious effects, ..."
7. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"antitoxic function of the saliva. Antiseptic action of the gastric juice.—antitoxic
function of pepsin. Protective function of the alimentary canal. ..."
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