antivenin
(ˌæntɪˈvɛnɪn)
Also -ine, -venene (-vɪˈniːn).
[f. anti-1 6 d + venin n.2]
Any anti-toxin used as an antidote to the venom of serpents. Also as adj.
| 1895 T. R. Fraser in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Aug. 416/2 (title) The treatment of snake poisoning with antivenene derived from animals protected against serpents' venom. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 271/2 The serum is found to act as an anti-venin. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 574 Polyvalent antivenenes. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 6/3 The anti⁓venine treatment. 1912 Adami & McCrae Pathol. 168 By the repeated injection of minute quantities of venom into lower animals, antitoxins—or antivenins..can be obtained for all the animal poisons. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Apr. 191/3 The main quarry is snakes..and his aim to bring them in alive—so that they can be milked of their venom to make antivenene. |