n. An antitoxin for treating bites from venomous animals as such as snakes and spiders.
n. A serum containing antivenins.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated injections of small doses of the venom; also, the component of such a serum which is antitoxic to the venom.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as antivenene.
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n. an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal
Word Usage
"Ants endowed with a compulsion to chew through grass stems at a particular height, snakes engineered to create antivenin in a mammalian-derived sheath, beetles gifted with digestive enzymes that converted discarded plastics into chitin."