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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