Antivenene

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of antivenom. Australia, UK, countable, uncountable

    "His conclusions are that (1) about the same quantity of anti-venene necessary to neutralise the venom in vitro is capable of doing so when the forner is injected into the bloodstream, and the latter sub-cutaneously ;"

  2. 2
    an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal wordnet

Example

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"His conclusions are that (1) about the same quantity of anti-venene necessary to neutralise the venom in vitro is capable of doing so when the forner is injected into the bloodstream, and the latter sub-cutaneously ;"

Etymology

From anti- + venene (“venom”), from Latin venēnum (“juice; venom”). Doublet of antivenom and antivenin.

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