See Also:

toxoid (iou) and emu (medicine)


toxoid (iou)



toxoid noun. E20.
[from TOX(IN + -OID.]
Medicine. A chemically modified toxin from a pathogenic micro-organism, which is no longer toxic but is still antigenic and can be used as a vaccine.

emu (medicine)


emu
<zoology> A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. Irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.

Alternative forms: emeu and emew.

The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren.

Origin: Cf. Pg. Ema ostrich, F. Emou, emeu, emu.

Source: Websters Dictionary