antitoxin

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ toxin.

Noun

antitoxin (plural antitoxins)

(medicine) A medicine able to neutralize a toxin.
(medicine) An antibody capable of neutralizing specific toxins.

Hyponyms

(medicine to neutralize toxins): See antidote and antivenom (against venoms); antiserum (derived from animal fluids)

Derived terms

antiantitoxin

Translations

antibody to a specific toxin

Arabic: تِرْيَاق m (tiryāq)
Esperanto: antitoksino
Finnish: antitoksiini
Greek: αντιτοξίνη (el) f (antitoxíni)
Irish: antatocsain f, fritocsain f
Navajo: kʼaasdá bee yigą́
Plautdietsch: Jäajenjeft n
Polish: antytoksyna f
Portuguese: antitoxina (pt) f
Spanish: antitoxina (es) f
Swedish: antitoxin (sv) n

See also

immunity

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