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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal;
[syn: antivenin, antivenene]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Antivenin \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 which is antitoxic to the venom. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

antivenin n 1: an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal [syn: antivenin, antivenene]