Antitoxin

/ˌantɪtˈɒksɪn/

/ˌæntiˈtɑksən/

Antitoxin

an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin

Examples

1. -Now, antitoxin was a treatment, but not a vaccine.

2. The antitoxin sticks around to prevent the toxin from making a mess.

3. But antitoxins are more fragile than the toxins they hinder, so in a stressful environment, they fall apart first.

4. Within several days without antitoxin the victim will asphyxiate from the inability to breathe.