toxin antitoxin
- noun
- Specialized
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toxina antitoxina
- Researchers are developing new forms of toxin antitoxin for improved vaccine safety.
Examples
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Doctors administer the toxin antitoxin as part of an emergency immunization protocol.
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The patient received a toxin antitoxin injection to prevent the onset of the disease.
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The vaccine contains a toxin antitoxin to prevent the disease.
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Doctors often use a toxin antitoxin to treat patients effectively.
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The doctor administered a toxin antitoxin to help immunize the children against the disease.
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During the outbreak, health officials used a toxin antitoxin to protect the community from severe infection.
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Research shows that a toxin antitoxin can significantly reduce the risk of illness after exposure to the bacteria.
How Neutralizing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes a toxin together with its antitoxin, so its meaning as a mixture or paired neutralizing agent is directly derivable from the constituent nouns. Although it is a technical term, it follows ordinary English compounding/compositional patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Toxin antitoxin comes from the simple image of giving a small harmful agent (toxin) together with its counteragent (antitoxin). This lets the body 'learn' to defend itself, so the mixture is used to 'immunize' or 'protect' against a specific disease.