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Definition of Antitoxin

1. Noun. An antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin.

Definition of Antitoxin

1. n. A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

Definition of Antitoxin

1. Noun. An antibody that is capable of neutralising specific toxins that are causative agents of disease. ¹

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Definition of Antitoxin

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Medical Definition of Antitoxin

1. A purified antiserum from animals (usually horses) immunised by injections of a toxin or toxoid, administered as a passive immunising agent to neutralise a specific bacterial toxin, for example, botulinus, tetanus or diphtheria. A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria. Origin: Pref. Anti- + toxin. (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Antitoxin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1898)
"Treatment with antitoxin was at once commenced, 10 cc of the dried serum ... Two injections (each consisting of 10 cc of antitoxin) were given during the ..."

2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"in special cases by repeated injections of the antitoxin until the danger is passed. ... As a curative agent antitoxin must be administered early and in ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1907)
"Soon after the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin, several investigators attempted to convert diphtheria toxin into antitoxin by the electrical current, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"All the cases were treated by antitoxin. The total number of deaths was 80, ... There was no constant relation between the quantity of antitoxin given and ..."

5. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1911)
"On account of this condition it is necessary to establish units or standards for determining the strength of antitoxin. As stated in the discussion of ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The origin of antitoxin is of course merely a part of the general question ... As, however, most of the work has been done with regard to antitoxin ..."

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