antivenin

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  1. noun An antitoxin active against the venom of a snake, spider, or other venomous animal or insect.
  2. noun An animal serum containing antivenins. It is used in medicine to treat poisoning caused by animal or insect venom.

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  • Tegan came in with the antivenin, and I motioned her to hold the dog's leg at a better angle. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2007
  • Tegan handed me the antivenin, mixed and ready to administer, and Kami entered the room with Ernest's thick file in her hand. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2007
  • And if there were enough of them and if nobody found you in time for some antivenin, which was the case, Bethel said, it was bye-bye Laura Louise Stevens in her rose garden. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2002
  • Seemed to me I'd read something about guys who milked snakes for venom to make antivenin, something like that. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2002
  • A shortage of antivenin treatment in poor countries endangers countless farmers, young adults and children. —  Hawaii Reporter
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