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antitoxin

/an-ti-tok-sin, an-tee-/US // ˌæn tɪˈtɒk sɪn, ˌæn ti- //UK // (ˌæntɪˈtɒksɪn) //

抗毒素,抗毒剂,解毒剂,抗毒素

Related Words

antibiotic抗生素,抗生素类,抗生素类药物,抗菌素medicine医学,药品,医药,药物antiseptic防腐,防腐剂,杀菌剂,杀菌antiserum抗血清,抵抗剂vaccine疫苗,菌苗,痘痘antibody抗体serum血清,浆液,血液preventive预防性,预防性的,预防措施,预防性措施antivenin抗蛇毒血清,抗蛇毒剂,抗蛇毒蛋白,抗蛇毒素counteractant抗衡剂,对抗剂,反作用力,对抗物counteragent反作用力,反试剂,反药剂,反剂neutralizer中和剂,中立剂,中和器,中性剂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a substance, formed in the body, that counteracts a specific toxin.
    • : the antibody formed in immunization with a given toxin, used in treating certain infectious diseases or in immunizing against them.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounagent for negating the effect of an infection or poison
Synonyms
antibiotic抗生素,抗生素类,抗生素类药物,抗菌素antibody抗体antiseptic防腐,防腐剂,杀菌剂,杀菌antiserum抗血清,抵抗剂antivenin抗蛇毒血清,抗蛇毒剂,抗蛇毒蛋白,抗蛇毒素medicine医学,药品,医药,药物preventive预防性,预防性的,预防措施,预防性措施serum血清,浆液,血液vaccine疫苗,菌苗,痘痘antipoison防毒剂,防毒,解毒,抗毒剂counteractant抗衡剂,对抗剂,反作用力,对抗物counteragent反作用力,反试剂,反药剂,反剂neutralizer中和剂,中立剂,中和器,中性剂

Examples

  • With thousands of years of collective agricultural know-how under humanity’s belt, it’s relatively easy to gauge the best way to grow an antibody-producing tobacco leaf, antitoxin potato, or herpes vaccine-making soybean.

  • As to the use of antitoxin as a preventive and cure for diphtheria, too much praise cannot be given to that wonderful discovery.

  • Reliable diphtheria antitoxin, used in proper quantity and early enough, is almost an absolute cure.

  • If you find a physician opposed to the use of antitoxin this simply means that he is a quack.

  • The use of antitoxin, which prevents annually many thousands of deaths from diphtheria, does not help us in many other diseases.

  • Previous to April 1, 1905, there was no official standard for measuring the strength of diphtheria antitoxin.

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