Antivenom
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders. countable, uncountable
"broad-spectrum antivenom"
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More examples"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.