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anatoxin

ana·to·xin

uncommon

noun

1.

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”
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Origin

From Anabaena flos-aquae (now Dolichospermum flos-aquae), the species from which the neurotoxin was first isolated.

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