Associations to the word «Toxoid»

Wiktionary

TOXOID, noun. A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response

Dictionary definition

TOXOID, noun. A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin; "diphtheria toxoid".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope