antivenin

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Recent Examples of antivenin The pros at the hospital can identify the venom by its effects and choose the proper antivenin based on that. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023 Wild-Caught Snakes CroFab^® is the only commercially available antivenin indicated for the management of patients envenomated by the North American crotalid family of snakes, which includes rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins. Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2016 The items on his manifesto include exporting dog meat and harvesting snake venom to make antivenin. Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022 At the hospital he was treated with antivenin, KDVR reported. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 14 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for antivenin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antivenin
Noun
  • This is especially concerning because, throughout much of the species’ native range in sub-Saharan Africa, access to life-saving antivenom can be limited or unavailable.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The patient died after receiving antivenom in only three of the 546 cases studied.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Both Kundera and Cavafy convey something profound: that life is nothing more than the voyage, a thought that can serve as a sort of antidote to the burdens of living.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The episode — the latter half of the two-parter lab leak catastrophe the 118 crew is sent in to deal with — sees Bobby save Chim, giving him the last of the viral antidote while disguising the fact that he’s been succumbing to the illness himself.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Antivenin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antivenin. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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