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toxin-antitoxin

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

noun

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


toxin-antitoxin

noun

  1. a mixture of a specific toxin and antitoxin. The diphtheria toxin-antitoxin was formerly used in the US for active immunization
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of toxin-antitoxin1

First recorded in 1900–05

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