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A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
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toxoid
Word definitions for toxoid in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin; "diphtheria toxoid" [syn: anatoxin ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A toxoid is a bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been inactivated or suppressed either by chemical ( formalin ) or heat treatment, while other properties, typically immunogenicity , are maintained. Thus, when used during vaccination ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toxoid \Tox"oid\, n. [Toxin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxic power.
Usage examples of toxoid.
Ten lit res of plasmalyte B, a blood-giving set and syringes, morphine and intravenous penicillin, tetanus toxoid all the equipment needed to treat massive physical trauma.
Then he gathered up all the emergency wound packs he could find, along with plaster-of-Paris material for making splints, emergency surgery kits for small wounds and lacerations, an abdominal-surgery kit, six vials of tetanus toxoid as a booster for macerating puncture wounds.
Her temperament never altered, and her tail swished the straw unceasingly as I did all the uncomfortable things to her: rubbing the tender skin with the lotion, injecting her with the staph toxoid, taking further skin scrapings to check progress.
The Johns Hopkins program was devised to evaluate "studies of actual or potential injuries and illnesses, studies on diseases of potential biological-warfare significance, and evaluation of certain chemical and immunological responses to certain toxoids and vaccines.
The patient was started on two grams of cephalothin antibiotic intravenously, and was given more tetanus toxoid.
The bacteria can be filtered out, the toxin inactivated by formaldehyde and the toxoid (inactivated toxin) concentrated.