epitoxoid
epitoxoid noun: a toxoid that generates less of an immune response than an original one.
Noun
epitoxoid (plural epitoxoids)
- A toxoid that generates less of an immune response than an original one
- It is, however, probable that, in cases of diphtheria, death may be warded off by the displacement of combined epitoxoids in the antidiphtheritic serum, by free diphtheria toxine from the patient's blood, and the epitoxoid so liberated, though less dangerous to life, may still be able to set up...1900, H. Rainy, “On the action of diphtheria toxine on the spinal stichochrome cells”, in Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, volume 6, page 449
Forms of epitoxoid
| plural | epitoxoids |
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Origin of epitoxoid
From epi- + toxoid.
Questions about epitoxoid
- What does epitoxoid mean?
- Epitoxoid means a toxoid that generates less of an immune response than an original one.
- What part of speech is epitoxoid?
- Epitoxoid is a noun.
- What is the plural of epitoxoid?
- The plural of epitoxoid is epitoxoids.
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