| ACC | accommodation; acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase; acinic cell carcinoma; acute care center; adenoid cyst... |
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| AU | according to custom [Lat. ad usum]; allergenic unit; ngstrom unit; antitoxin unit; arbitrary unit; A... |
| TA | alkaline tuberculin; arterial tension; axillary temperature; tactile afferent; Takayasu arteritis; t... |
| T-A | toxin-antitoxin |
| TAS | tetanus antitoxin serum; therapeutic activities specialist; thoracoabdominal syndrome; transcription... |
| antitoxin | <protein> A purified antiserum from animals (usually horses) immunised by injections of a toxin or toxoid, administered as a passive immunising agent to neutralise a specific bacterial toxin, for example, botulinus, tetanus or diphtheria. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| antitoxin rash | A cutaneous manifestation of serum sickness. Astacoid rash, a massive exfoliation, sometimes occurring in malignant smallpox, the colour of which resembles that of a boiled lobster. Black currant rash, the cutaneous eruption of lentigines seen in xeroderma pigmentosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antitoxin unit | A unit expressing the strength or activity of an antitoxin; in general, determined with reference to a preserved standard preparation of antitoxin. See: L doses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bivalent gas gangrene antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the toxins of Clostridium perfringens and C. Septicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bothropic antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the venom of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops (Bothrophora) of the family Crotalidae. Synonym: Bothrops antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bothrops antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the venom of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops (Bothrophora) of the family Crotalidae. Synonym: Bothrops antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| botulinum antitoxin | An equine antitoxin against the toxins produced by the type a, b, or e strain of clostridium botulinum. Generally trivalent (abe) antitoxin is used. (12 Dec 1998) |
| botulism antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for a toxin of one or another strain of Clostridium botulinum. Synonym: botulinum antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine antitoxin | Antitoxin prepared from cattle instead of horses, used in the treatment of persons who are sensitive to horse serum; the cattle are immunised against the toxin for which specific antitoxin is desired. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gas gangrene antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the toxin of one or more species of Clostridium that cause gaseous gangrene and associated toxaemia, especially C. Perfringens C. Novyi, C. Histolyticum, and commercially available preparations are usually polyvalent, i.e., contain antitoxin for two or more species. Synonym: pentavalent gas gangrene antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pentavalent gas gangrene antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the toxin of one or more species of Clostridium that cause gaseous gangrene and associated toxaemia, especially C. Perfringens C. Novyi, C. Histolyticum, and commercially available preparations are usually polyvalent, i.e., contain antitoxin for two or more species. Synonym: pentavalent gas gangrene antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plant antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for a phytotoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crotalus antitoxin | <herpetology> Antitoxin specific for venom of rattlesnakes (Crotalus species). (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarlet fever antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the erythrogenic toxin of strains of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| staphylococcus antitoxin | A preparation from native serum containing antitoxic globulins or their derivatives that specifically neutralise the lethal, skin-necrosing, and haemolytic properties of the alpha-toxin of Staphylococcus aureus. (05 Mar 2000) |