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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders. countable, uncountable

   "broad-spectrum antivenom"

Synonyms

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antiveneneantivenin

Antonyms

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toxin

Example

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"There have been no deaths reported since an antivenom was developed in the early 1980s."

Etymology

From anti- + venom, q.v. Doublet of antivenin and antivenene.

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