antivenin
/ˌæntɪˈvɛnɪn/
noun
- A medicine used to treat someone who has been bitten or stung by a venomous animal, such as a snake or spider.
- Without antivenin, a black widow spider bite can be very dangerous.
- Zoos keep antivenin on hand in case a keeper is bitten by a venomous snake.
- The hiker was rushed to the hospital and given antivenin after the rattlesnake bite.
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