Antitoxic definition

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Counteracting a toxin or poison.
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Relating to or containing an antitoxin.

An antitoxic serum.

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Of, containing, or acting as an antitoxin.
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Counteracting a toxin or poison.
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Relating to or containing an antitoxin.

An antitoxic serum.

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Of, or relating to an antitoxin.
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Antitoxic Sentence Examples

  • So far as bacterial immunity is concerned, the anti-serum exerts its action either on the toxin or on the bacterium itself; that is, its action is either antitoxic or anti-bacterial.

  • The injections are made subcutaneously and afterwards intravenously; and, while the dose must be gradually increased, care must be taken that this is not done too quickly, otherwise the antitoxic power of the serum may fall and the health of the animal suffer.

  • In the case of diphtheria the antitoxic power of the serum may reach Boo units per cubic centimetre, or even more.

  • It has, moreover, been found that the serum of various animals has a certain amount of antitoxic action, and thus the basis for antitoxin production, according to Ehrlich's theory, is afforded.

  • These circumstances serve, in part at least, to explain the fact that the success attending the use of anti-bacterial sera has been much inferior to that in the case of antitoxic sera.

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