antivenom

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ venom, q.v. Doublet of antivenin and antivenene.

Noun

antivenom (countable and uncountable, plural antivenoms)

1. (medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
   • 2008, “Poisonings”, in Margie Peden, Kayode Oyegbite, Joan Ozanne-Smith, Adnan A Hyder, Christine Branche, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Frederick Rivara, Kidist Bartolomeos, editors, World Report on Child Injury Prevention, WHO Press, →ISBN, page 129:

     Most deaths and serious consequences from snakebites are entirely preventable by existing means, including making antivenom much more widely available.

   • 2022, Derek Muller, "How Horses Save Humans from Snake Bites", Veritasium, 00:03:12 ff.:

     So how much venom do you actually need to make antivenom?
     About 15.
     15 snakes to make one vial of antivenom?
     Yep.

Synonyms

• antivenin, antivenene (UK & Australia)

Hypernyms

• antitoxin, antidote, serum, antiserum

Hyponyms

• See mithridate and theriac (supposed universal antidotes)
• antivenin (certain snakebites)

Translations

treatment for venom

• Arabic: مضاد السم
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗蛇毒血清

• Esperanto: kontraŭveneno
• Finnish: vastamyrkky (fi)
• Khmer: ថ្នាំប្រឆាំងពិស (thnamprɔɔchangpɨh)
• Polish: antytoksyna f, przeciwjad m
• Portuguese: antiveneno m, antiofídico m (for snake venom)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: thuốc kháng nọc độc, chất kháng nọc độc