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Definition of Antivenene
1. Noun. An antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal.
Definition of Antivenene
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of anti-venene) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Antivenene
1. An antitoxin specific for an animal or insect venom. Synonym: antivenene. Origin: anti-+ L. Venenum, poison (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antivenene
Literary usage of Antivenene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1899)
"of venom ; but that the antivenene was insufficient in quantity to prevent ...
In a corresponding series of experiments made with the antivenene derived ..."
2. Schmidt's Jahrbücher der in- und ausländischen gesammten Medizin (1900)
"... antivenene serum ; recovery. Brit. med. Journ. Nov. 18. — Lancet Nov. 25. p.
1438. Rossiter, Charles В., A case of poisoning by ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"antivenene. The last serum of which we shall speak at any length is that which
was finally secured by Calmette after numerous preliminary experiments by ..."
4. Modern surgery, general and operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1910)
"antivenene is obtained by immunizing a horse by injecting attenuated venom.
The mixture to be attenuated consists of 80 parts of cobra venom and 20 parts of ..."
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