- antitoxic immunity
- immunity against toxins, attributable to the presence of specific antitoxin(s) in the immune individual.
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antitoxic immunity
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Ehrlich, Paul — born March 14, 1854, Strehlen, Silesia, Prussia died Aug. 20, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Ger. German medical scientist. After early work on distribution of foreign substances in the body and on cell nutrition, he found uses for staining… … Universalium
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