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toxin-antitoxin

tox·in-an·ti·tox·in
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tok-sin an-ti-tok-sin, an-tee-]
    • /ˈtɒk sɪn ˌæn tɪˈtɒk sɪn, ˌæn ti-/
    • /ˈtɒk.sɪn ˌæn.tiˈtɒk.sɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tok-sin an-ti-tok-sin, an-tee-]
    • /ˈtɒk sɪn ˌæn tɪˈtɒk sɪn, ˌæn ti-/

Definitions of toxin-antitoxin word

  • noun toxin-antitoxin a mixture of toxin and antitoxin, formerly used to induce active immunity against certain diseases, especially diphtheria. 1
  • noun toxin-antitoxin a mixture of a specific toxin and antitoxin. The diphtheria toxin-antitoxin was formerly used in the US for active immunization 0
  • noun toxin-antitoxin a mixture of toxin and antitoxin formerly used for producing active immunity against a specific disease, esp. diphtheria: now superseded by toxoids 0
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Origin of toxin-antitoxin

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Toxin-antitoxin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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toxin-antitoxin popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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