antivenene
nounEtymology From anti- + venene (“venom”), from Latin venēnum (“juice; venom”). Doublet of antivenom and antivenin.
- His conclusions are that (1) about the same quantity of anti-venene necessary to neutralise the venom in vitro is capable of doing so when the forner is injected into the bloodstream, and the latter sub-cutaneously ;1898, Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain), Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 623:
- What he really means is that the recommended use of anti-venene does not entirely agree with one set of medical opinion.1973, East African Wild Life Society, World Wildlife Fund, Africana, volume 5, page 5:
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- Now it became necessary to take venom from captured Taipans, so as to produce anti-venene, and to put it in hospitals right through the danger areas.1978, Australian Broadcasting Commission, A Big Country: More Stories about the People of Australia, page 13: