antitoxic serum
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antitoxic — Neutralizing the action of a poison; specifically, relating to an antitoxin. SEE ALSO: antidotal. * * * an·ti·tox·ic täk sik adj 1) counteracting toxins <antitoxic versus antibacterial immunity> 2) being or containing antitoxins… … Medical dictionary
serum — Synonyms and related words: Rh factor, Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, antibody, antigen, antiserum, antitoxic serum, antitoxin, antivenin, arterial blood, arterial transfusion,… … Moby Thesaurus
antitoxic — adjective Date: circa 1890 1. counteracting toxins 2. being or containing antitoxins < antitoxic serum > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Serum — The clear liquid that can be separated from clotted blood. Serum differs from plasma, the liquid portion of normal unclotted blood containing the red and white cells and platelets. It is the clot that makes the difference between serum and plasma … Medical dictionary
serum — /ˈsɪərəm / (say searruhm) noun (plural serums or sera /ˈsɪərə / (say searruh)) 1. the clear, pale yellow liquid which separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum. 2. a fluid of this kind obtained from the blood of an animal… …
Antitoxin — An antibody capable of destroying microorganisms including viruses and bacteria. An antitoxin provides passive immunity. For example, if a child gets whooping cough (diphtheria), an antitoxin prepared in horses against diphtheria may be useful in … Medical dictionary
EHRLICH, PAUL — (1854–1915), German chemist, pioneer of modern histology, immunology, and chemotherapy; Nobel Prize winner. Ehrlich was born in Strehlen near Breslau. He studied at German universities and began his scientific work in 1878 in Berlin University as … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rh factor — Synonyms and related words: Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, antibody, antigen, antiserum, antitoxic serum, antitoxin, antivenin, arterial blood, blood, blood bank, blood cell,… … Moby Thesaurus
antibody — Synonyms and related words: Rh factor, Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, acquired immunity, active immunity, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, antigen, antiserum, antitoxic serum, antitoxin, antivenin, arterial… … Moby Thesaurus
antigen — Synonyms and related words: Rh factor, Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, acquired immunity, active immunity, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, antibody, antiserum, antitoxic serum, antitoxin, antivenin, arterial… … Moby Thesaurus
