Self-envenomation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The injection of a venom into oneself by means of a sting, etc. countable, uncountable
"[Tim] Friede's motivation evolved to see if he could develop immunity to this swirl of toxins — so that his body might provide a roadmap to making a broad kind of antivenom. Now, in a new paper in the journal Cell, researchers say they've done just that, thanks in large part to the antibodies that Friede has developed over nearly a quarter century of self-envenomation."
Example
More examples"[Tim] Friede's motivation evolved to see if he could develop immunity to this swirl of toxins — so that his body might provide a roadmap to making a broad kind of antivenom. Now, in a new paper in the journal Cell, researchers say they've done just that, thanks in large part to the antibodies that Friede has developed over nearly a quarter century of self-envenomation."
Etymology
From self- + envenomation.
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