tox·oid
n : a toxin of a pathogenic organism treated so as to destroy its toxicity but leave it capable of inducing the formation of antibodies on injection <diphtheria > - called also anatoxin .
Similar sounding terms: de·cus·sate di·ox·ide doc·u·sate tick·icide
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