tetanus antitoxin

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   antitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus

   Broaderantitoxin

Questions about tetanus antitoxin

What does tetanus antitoxin mean?

tetanus antitoxin means "antitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus".

Is tetanus antitoxin a common word?

tetanus antitoxin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.