1. poison stored in an animal that can be injected into another animal’s body via bite or sting
I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.
- Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
2. malice or bitterness
A man’s venom poisons himself more than his victim.
- Charles Buxton (1822 - 1871)
Antivenom
/ˌantēˈvenəm/
noun
a type of medicine that counteracts the effects of venom
Since 2000, Tim Friede, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has endured some 200 snakebites and 700 injections of lethal snake venom—all part of a masochistic quest to immunize his body and offer his blood to scientists seeking a universal antivenom.
- "The Human Antivenom Project", Outside Magazine
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