(isim) antitoksin

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Definition of (isim) antitoksin in Turkish English dictionary

antitoxin

An antibody that is capable of neutralising specific toxins that are causative agents of disease; microorganisms including viruses and bacteria

a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms

a medicine or substance produced by your body which stops the effects of a poison. Antibody formed in the body in reaction to a bacterial toxin, which it can neutralize. People who have recovered from bacterial diseases often develop specific antitoxins that give them immunity against recurrence. Injecting an animal (usually a horse) with increasing doses of toxin produces a high concentration of antitoxin in the blood. The resulting highly concentrated preparation of antitoxins is called an antiserum. The first antitoxin developed (1890) was specific to diphtheria; today, antitoxins are also used to treat botulism, dysentery, gas gangrene, and tetanus

{i} substance that counteracts toxins

A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria

Hyphenation

(i·sim) an·ti·tok·sin