Definition of antitoxin in English:
antitoxin
nounantɪˈtɒksɪnˌæn(t)iˈtɑksən
Physiology An antibody that counteracts a toxin.
Example sentencesExamples
- Antivenoms and antitoxins can also be administered in this fashion.
- Some antibodies are antitoxins, which directly neutralize any toxins secreted by the antigens.
- For example, antitoxins, like tetanus antitoxin, are made by injecting horses with a small amount of the toxin so that the animal produces the antibodies.
- Human science employs somewhat similar procedures to produce what are called antitoxins, protein antibodies, to certain microorganisms.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and some state health departments keep a supply of antitoxin against botulinum toxin.
Derivatives
adjectiveˌantɪˈtɒksɪk
Physiology If these antibodies are effectively antitoxic, the studies could then lead towards molecular approaches for producing human antibodies for therapeutic purposes.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is also highly potent as an antitoxic agent in exogenous poisoning, organic and inorganic.
- It is a very important folk medicine in Taiwan, and is reported to have antineoplastic, antitoxic and immunoenhancing properties, as well as for treating malignancies.
- The pharmacological or biochemical mechanism of this antitoxic action has not yet been proved.
- The carriage of diphtheria bacteria developed in the presence of normal activity of antitoxic and diminished antibacterial immunity.
Definition of antitoxin in US English:
antitoxin
nounˌan(t)ēˈtäksənˌæn(t)iˈtɑksən
Physiology An antibody that counteracts a toxin.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some antibodies are antitoxins, which directly neutralize any toxins secreted by the antigens.
- Human science employs somewhat similar procedures to produce what are called antitoxins, protein antibodies, to certain microorganisms.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and some state health departments keep a supply of antitoxin against botulinum toxin.
- For example, antitoxins, like tetanus antitoxin, are made by injecting horses with a small amount of the toxin so that the animal produces the antibodies.
- Antivenoms and antitoxins can also be administered in this fashion.