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toxoid

[tok-soid] / ˈtɒk sɔɪd /




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This toxoid vaccine, widely available in the United States as of the early 1940s, was what actually wiped out diphtheria in the country.

From Slate Feb. 9, 2021

Dr. Lim now plans to pasture a herd of ponies for serums, manufacture 200,000 doses a day of vaccine for typhoid, cholera, bubonic plague and tetanus toxoid.

From Time Magazine Archive

If an emergency patient has had the toxoid within a couple of years, said Dr. Christensen, all he needs is an immediate booster.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one of its camps, CWS prepared a toxoid against botulism, a form of food poisoning which it was feared the Germans might use in Normandy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, when the researchers injected these mice with tetanus toxoid, most of the animals produced human antietanus antibodies, further proof that their new immune systems were functioning as though they were naturally human.

From Time Magazine Archive




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