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Definition of Toxoids
1. toxoid [n] - See also: toxoid
Medical Definition of Toxoids
1. Preparations of pathogenic organisms or their derivatives made nontoxic and intended for active immunologic prophylaxis. They include deactivated toxins. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toxoids
Literary usage of Toxoids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1905)
"Immunisation by toxins and toxoids.—Inoculation against diphtheria toxin.—Phenomena
produced in the course of vaccination against toxins. ..."
2. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"Immunisation by toxins and toxoids.—Inoculation against diphtheria toxin.—Phenomena
produced in the course of vaccination against toxins. ..."
3. Immune Sera; a Concise Exposition of the Main Facts and Theories of by Charles Frederick Bolduan (1911)
"Partial Saturation Method — Toxons, toxoids. — Ehrlich obtained considerable
additional information by means of his " partial saturation " method. ..."
4. Immune Sera: Hæmolysins, Cytotoxins, and Precipitins by August von Wassermann (1904)
"... Groups— toxoids—Special Function of the Side-chains.—The basis of the theory
is the fact that poison and counter-poison, toxin and antitoxin, ..."
5. Immune Sera: A Concise Exposition of Our Present Knowledge Concerning the by Charles Frederick Bolduan, August von Wassermann (1908)
"Toxins — toxoids — Special Function of the Side Chains. — The basis of the theory
is the .fact that poison and counter-poison, toxin and antitoxin, ..."
6. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1900)
"That the toxoids are metamorphosed toxins is shown by the result of the treatment of
... The toxoids formed in this manner have not the characters of ..."
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