antitoxin
Poison-fighting serum
An antitoxin is a substance that neutralizes a specific toxin in the body, typically an antibody produced in response to a toxin or venom.
Antitoxins are used medically to treat poisoning, snakebites, and bacterial infections like tetanus and diphtheria: The doctor administered antitoxin after the rattlesnake bite.
Defensive blood protein
- serumBlood's watery portion
- antiserumAntibody-rich therapeutic fluid
- globulinPlasma protein class
- monoclonalFrom single ancestor cell
hyperimmune · specificity · affinity · neutralizing · plasma · gamma globulin · passive immunity · cross-reactivity
Nullify by opposing force
- inactivateMake no longer active
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- antiveninSerum neutralizing toxic bites
antidote · toxoid · deactivate · binding · sequester · counteragent · mitigate · ameliorate
Curative mental treatment
- therapeuticsStudy of healing interventions
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- cureTreatment that heals
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
medication · injection · infusion · administration · dosage · prophylactic · emergency · clinical
Disease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
immunotherapy · adaptive · innate · lymphocytes · cytokines · interferon · leukocytes · immune response
Protection against harm
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
barrier · prophylaxis · countermeasure · guard · immunity · resistance · biosecurity
immunoglobulin
Defensive blood protein
monoclonal · hyperimmune · specificity · affinity · neutralizing · plasma · gamma globulin · passive immunity · cross-reactivity
counteract
Nullify by opposing force
- inactivateMake no longer active
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
antivenin · antidote · toxoid · deactivate · binding · sequester · counteragent · mitigate · ameliorate
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- therapeuticsStudy of healing interventions
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- cureTreatment that heals
pharmacology · medication · injection · infusion · administration · dosage · prophylactic · emergency · clinical · biomedicine
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
prophylaxis · immunotherapy · adaptive · innate · lymphocytes · cytokines · interferon · leukocytes · immune response · booster
defense
Protection against harm
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
- precautionPreventive safety measure
shield · barrier · prophylaxis · countermeasure · guard · immunity · resistance · biosecurity
- biological materialstissue, blood, plasma, serum, bone marrow
- counteragentsantidote, antivenom, antiserum, counteractant, neutralizer
- neutralizersantacid, antidote, buffer, base, alkali
- antibodiesantibody, antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, heavy chain, nanobodies
- Antidotesantidote, antidotes, antivenom, antivenoms, antivenin
- immune seraantiserum, immunoglobulin, immunoglobulins, gamma globulin, antivenom
antitoxintoxin
Biological-origin harm agent
poison · venom · toxicant · pathogen · poisonous substance
antitoxintoxin
Biological-origin harm agent
poison · infectious agent · biotoxin · neurotoxin · cytotoxin
antitoxintoxin
Biological-origin harm agent
poison · venom · bacterial toxin · snake venom · botulinum toxin