A chemically modified toxin from a pathogenic microorganism, which is no longer toxic but is still antigenic and can be used as a vaccine.
〔医〕类毒素
Example sentencesExamples
There has never been a case of tetanus in people who have received three doses of toxoid, which is a chemically neutralized toxin from the bacteria and cannot give the disease.
No evidence shows an increased risk from vaccinating pregnant women with inactivated virus or bacterial vaccines or toxoids.
Active immunization by vaccination with tetanus toxoid (an inactivated form of the toxin) is now usual in childhood, along with diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines.
Males responded to vaccination with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids by producing specific antibodies to both antigens.
One part of the schedule lists immunizations indicated by age, particularly influenza, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Definition of toxoid in US English:
toxoid
nounˈtäksoid
Medicine
A chemically modified toxin from a pathogenic microorganism, which is no longer toxic but is still antigenic and can be used as a vaccine.
〔医〕类毒素
Example sentencesExamples
There has never been a case of tetanus in people who have received three doses of toxoid, which is a chemically neutralized toxin from the bacteria and cannot give the disease.
One part of the schedule lists immunizations indicated by age, particularly influenza, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Males responded to vaccination with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids by producing specific antibodies to both antigens.
No evidence shows an increased risk from vaccinating pregnant women with inactivated virus or bacterial vaccines or toxoids.
Active immunization by vaccination with tetanus toxoid (an inactivated form of the toxin) is now usual in childhood, along with diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines.