antivenin
1Antivenin — (or antivenom or antivenene) is a biological product used in the treatment of venomous bites or stings. The name comes from the French word venin meaning venom, and historically the word antivenin was predominant around the world. For the English …
2antivenin — ANTIVENÍN s.n. (biol.) Anticorp care neutralizează acţunea toxică a veninului. – Anti + venin. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 antivenín s. n. → venin Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic ANTIVENÍN s. n.… …
3antivenin — (n.) 1894, from ANTI (Cf. anti ) + venin, from VENOM (Cf. venom) + chemical suffix IN (Cf. in) (2). Perhaps immediately from Fr. antivenin …
4Antivenin — An ti*ve nin, n. [Written also {antivenen}, {antivenine}.] [Pref. anti + L. venenum poison.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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 …
5antivenin — [an΄tīven′əm; an΄tē ven′əm, an΄ti ven′əman΄tī ven′in; an΄tēven′in, an΄tiven′in] n. [ ANTI + VENIN] 1. an antitoxin for venom, as of snakes, produced in animals by gradually increased injections of the specific venom 2. a serum, taken from these… …
6Antivenin — Ein Antivenin oder Antivenom ist ein speziell für die Behandlung von Schlangenbissen entwickeltes Immunserum. Einzelne Antivenine sind in der Regel immer nur bei Bissen durch eine Schlangenart oder Angehörigen einer nahe verwandten Artengruppe… …
7antivenin (Micrurus fulvius) — [USP] North American coral snake antivenin a lyophilized preparation containing specific venom neutralizing globulins obtained from the serum of horses immunized with the venom of Micrurus fulvius (the eastern coral snake); used to neutralize the …
8antivenin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1895 an antitoxin to a venom; also an antiserum containing such antitoxin …
9antivenin — a serum used against venoms such as that of stonefish (Synanceia) …
10antivenin — /an tee ven in, an tuy /, n. 1. an antitoxin present in the blood of an animal following repeated injections of venom. 2. the antitoxic serum obtained from such blood. [1890 95; earlier antiven(ene) (ANTI + venene < L venenum potion, poison; see… …