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antivenom

noun

Etymology

From anti- + venom, q.v. Doublet of antivenin and antivenene.

  1. derived from *wenh₁-✻ — “to love”
  2. derived from venēnum — “drug; poison; a charm”
  3. derived from venīnum
  4. derived from venim
  5. inherited from venym
  6. formed as antivenom — “anti- + venom”

Definitions

  1. A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous…

    A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.

    • broad-spectrum antivenom
    • Most deaths and serious consequences from snakebites are entirely preventable by existing means, including making antivenom much more widely available.
    • So how much venom do you actually need to make antivenom? About 15. 15 snakes to make one vial of antivenom?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antivenom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA