An alternative spelling of antitoxin, referring to a substance that counteracts the effects of a toxin.
From anti- (against) + toxine (French variant spelling of toxin). An older or variant spelling of antitoxin, particularly common in European medical literature.
The 'antitoxine' spelling is a time capsule of early immunology—this French-influenced variant shows how 19th-century scientists adopted and adapted medical terminology across languages as they raced to understand how the body fights poisons!
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