toxin-antitoxin

toxin-antitoxin
/tok"sin an'ti tok"sin, -an'tee-, -an"ti tok'sin, -an"tee-/, n. Immunol.
a mixture of toxin and antitoxin, formerly used to induce active immunity against certain diseases, esp. diphtheria.
[1900-05]

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