antitoxin

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ toxin.

Noun

antitoxin (plural antitoxins)

1. (medicine) A medicine able to neutralize a toxin.
2. (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