anatoxine

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French

Etymology

From ana- +‎ toxine.

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Noun

anatoxine f (plural anatoxines)

  1. anatoxin
    • 2015 November 10, “Victoire contre la méningite A en Afrique”, in Le Monde:
      La technologie employée n’a rien de récent : elle consiste à renforcer la capacité à provoquer une réponse immunitaire, relativement faible, des sucres appartenant à enveloppe du méningocoque A en les conjuguant à une protéine porteuse, en occurrence anatoxine tétanique.
      The technology used is nothing new: it consists of reinforcing the capacity to provoke an immune response, relatively weak, to the sugars belonging to the membrane of Meningococcus A by combining them with a carrier protein, in this case an anatoxin of tetanus.

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