Difference between Toxoid and Anatoxin

What is the difference between Toxoid and Anatoxin?

Toxoid as a noun is a toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response while Anatoxin as a noun is any of a group of neurotoxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium

Toxoid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response

Anatoxin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of a group of neurotoxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium

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