Antitoxine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antitoxin \An`ti*tox"in\, Antitoxine \An`ti*tox"ine\, n. [Pref.
     anti- + toxin.]
     A substance (sometimes the product of a specific
     micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood
     or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from
     certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects


     of pathogenic bacteria.
     [1913 Webster]