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Antivenin: Antibodies created in the blood of a horse or sheep when the animal is injected with snake venom. Antivenin acts by neutralizing snake venom that has entered the body. Also called antivenom, snake antivenin, or snake antivenom.
Other spellings: antivenom
antivenin /an·ti·ven·in/ (-ven´in) a material used in treatment of poisoning by animal venom. black widow spider antivenin a. . antivenin (Crotalidae) polyvalent ...
Federal drug regulators on Wednesday approved a Mexican-made antivenin tested at Arizona hospitals and shown to help children recover from severe and life ...
The first-ever FDA-approved scorpion antivenin was approved by federal regulators on Wednesday
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( ăn ' tÄ“-vÄ•n ' Än, ăn ' tÄ«- ) n. An antitoxin active against the venom of a snake, spider, or other venomous ...
Antivenom (or antivenin or antivenene) is a biological product used in the treatment of venomous bites or stings. Antivenom is created by milking venom from the desired ...