Some hold that enormousness is the correct word in that sense and that enormity can only mean âoutrageousnessâ or âatrociousness.â enormity occurs regularly in edited writing with the meanings both of great size and of outrageous or horrifying character, behavior, etc.
home / medterms medical dictionary a-z list / antitoxin definition Medical Definition of Antitoxin Antitoxin: An antibody produced in response to and capable of neutralizing a specific biologic toxin such as those that cause diphtheria, gas gangrene, or tetanus. Antitoxins are used prophylactically and therapeutically.
Exotoxin: Induces high-titer antibodies called antitoxins, Endotoxin: Poorly antigenic. Bacterial endotoxins and exotoxins: Vaccines. Exotoxin: Toxoids used as vaccines, Endotoxin: No toxoids formed and no vaccine available. Bacterial endotoxins and exotoxins: Heat stability.xotoxin: Plasmid or bacteriophage, Endotoxin: Bacterial chromosome. Bacterial endotoxins and exotoxins: Toxicity (fatal dosage). Exotoxin: High (fatal dose on the order of 1 microgram), Endotoxin: Low (fatal dose on the order of hundreds of micrograms).