- tox|oid
- tox|oid «TOK soyd», noun.a toxin, as of diphtheria or tetanus, specially treated so that it will lose its poisonous quality but still cause antitoxins to be produced when injected into the body.
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ep|i|tox|oid — «EHP uh TOK soyd», noun. a toxoid which has less affinity than the toxin for the corresponding antitoxin … Useful english dictionary
toxoid — tox·oid … English syllables
toxoid-antitoxoid — tox·oid an·ti·tox·oid (tok″soid anґtĭ tok″soid) a toxoid mixed with an equivalent amount of antitoxic serum, the precipitate being suspended in saline … Medical dictionary
toxoid — tox•oid [[t]ˈtɒk sɔɪd[/t]] n. imu a bacterial toxin rendered harmless by chemicals and used for inducing immunity • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
toxoid — A toxin that has been treated (commonly with formaldehyde) so as to destroy its toxic property but retain its antigenicity, i.e., its capability of stimulating the production of antitoxin antibodies and thus of producing an active immunity.For… … Medical dictionary
Toxoid — Tox oid, n. [Toxin + oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxic power. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
endotoxoid — en·do·tox·oid täk .sȯid n a toxoid derived from an endotoxin … Medical dictionary
bacterin-toxoid — bac·ter·in tox·oid (bakґtər in tokґsoid) an active immunizing agent prepared from chemically inactivated bacterial cultures containing both killed bacteria and inactivated toxin … Medical dictionary
o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… … English syllables
-dac·ty·lous; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… … English syllables
