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antitoxin

[an-ti-tok-sin, an-tee-] / ˌæn tɪˈtɒk sɪn, ˌæn ti- /


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There is an antitoxin that doctors can give.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2024

WHO purchases antitoxin, made in horses, from just two companies, and supply has been problematic for a decade.

From Science Magazine Sep. 20, 2023

As diphtheria - a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection - spread among Nome's people, its port was icebound, meaning antitoxin would have to be delivered overland.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2023

Dr. Park was responsible for helping mass-produce an antitoxin that served as a breakthrough in treating and preventing diphtheria, a disease that killed many of the small children and others who share his burial ground.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2021

Reliable diphtheria antitoxin, used in proper quantity and early enough, is almost an absolute cure.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley




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