toxin-antitoxin

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A mixture of a toxin and its antitoxin with a slight excess of toxin, formerly used as a vaccine.

toxin-antitoxin

(Medicine / Pharmacology) a mixture of a specific toxin and antitoxin. The diphtheria toxin-antitoxin was formerly used in the US for active immunization

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