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Toxic tetanus

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antitoxic(immunology) That counteracts a toxin or poison.
toxin-antitoxin
toxin antitoxinnouna mixture of toxin and antitoxin used to immunize against a disease
antitoxinnoun(medicine) A medicine able to neutralize a toxin.
toxoidnounA toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response.
antiveninnoun(medicine) Synonym of antivenom, (now) particularly for snakebites containing venin.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
serumnounBlood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).
shotverbTired, weary.
hepatitisnounInflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
apneanoun(pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
choleranoun(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
diphtherianoun(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
globulinnoun(biochemistry) Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in water only in the presence of salts, that are coagulated by heat
leprosynoun(pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
septicaemianounAlternative spelling of septicemia. [(medicine, pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.]
typhoidnounCharacterised by or relating to typhus.
lockjawnoun(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
tetanicnounOf or relating to tetany.
tetanus antitoxinnounantitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus

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