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Definition of Tetanus antitoxin
1. Noun. Antitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus.
Medical Definition of Tetanus antitoxin
1. Antitoxin specific for the toxin of Clostridium tetani. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetanus Antitoxin
Literary usage of Tetanus antitoxin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"tetanus antitoxin tetanus antitoxin is contained in the blood scrum of horses
highly immunized by repeated injections of tetanus toxine. ..."
2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"tetanus antitoxin tetanus antitoxin is contained in the blood serum of horses
highly immunized by repeated injections of tetanus toxine. ..."
3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"One cc of the serum would, therefore, contain 250 units.29 Standardization of
tetanus antitoxin.—There are four methods of measuring the strength of tetanus ..."
4. Pathogenic Microörganisms: A Practical Manual for Students, Physicians, and by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams, Charles Krumwiede (1917)
"tetanus antitoxin.—Behring and Kitasato were the first to show the protective
and curative effects of the blood serum of immunized animals. ..."
5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"USP (tetanus antitoxin).—The serum of horses highly actively immunized against
tetanus toxin. It resembles Diphtheria Antitoxin and must meet analogous ..."
6. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"USP (tetanus antitoxin).—The serum of horses highly actively immunized against
tetanus toxin. It resembles Diphtheria Antitoxin and must meet analogous ..."
7. Pathogenic Micro-organisms: Including Bacteria and Protozoa; a Practical by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams (1905)
"The tetanus antitoxin, unlike the toxin, is not a neurotrophic substance, but
always follows the blood and lymph channels. In adrenalin we possess a ..."
8. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"tetanus antitoxin has proved of great value in the prevention of lockjaw, especially
in military surgery. Opinions vary regarding its curative value but the ..."
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