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Antitoxin vs Exotoxin - What's the difference?

antitoxin | exotoxin |

As nouns the difference between antitoxin and exotoxin

is that antitoxin is an antibody that is capable of neutralising specific toxins that are causative agents of disease while exotoxin is any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.

antitoxin

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia antitoxin)
  • An antibody that is capable of neutralising specific toxins that are causative agents of disease.

    • See also

    * antiserum * immunity

    exotoxin

    English

    (wikipedia exotoxin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.

    • Related terms

    * endotoxin * exotoxic