antivenom
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English
Etymology
From anti- + venom, q.v. Doublet of antivenin and antivenene.
Noun
antivenom (countable and uncountable, plural antivenoms)
- (medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
- 2008, “Poisonings”, in Margie Peden, Kayode Oyegbite, Joan Ozanne-Smith, Adnan A Hyder, Christine Branche, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Frederick Rivara, Kidist Bartolomeos, editors, World Report on Child Injury Prevention, WHO Press, →ISBN, page 129:
- Most deaths and serious consequences from snakebites are entirely preventable by existing means, including making antivenom much more widely available.
- 2022, Derek Muller, "How Horses Save Humans from Snake Bites", Veritasium, 00:03:12 ff.:
- So how much venom do you actually need to make antivenom?
About 15.
15 snakes to make one vial of antivenom?
Yep.
- So how much venom do you actually need to make antivenom?
Synonyms
- antivenin, antivenene (UK & Australia)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- See mithridate and theriac (supposed universal antidotes)
- antivenin (certain snakebites)
Translations
treatment for venom
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