as in poisons
a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing
an antidote to snake venom
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Recent Examples of venoms
Funding a promising breakthrough In laboratory trials with rodents, the new nanobody antivenom prevented the deaths of mice exposed to venoms from 17 of the 18 snake species.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Neely Lab is interested in applying the technology to gene editing, having previously used CRISPR to understand the mechanisms behind how venoms cause cell death and pain, and how proteins bind to cells, including the crucial spike protein in SARS-CoV-2.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Neely Lab is interested in applying the technology to gene editing, having previously used CRISPR to understand the mechanisms behind how venoms cause cell death and pain, and how proteins bind to cells, including the crucial spike protein in SARS-CoV-2.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for venoms
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For instance, it's sometimes used to bind to certain poisons before your body absorbs them.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
6 Feb. 2026
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Police reported that the dentist purchased a variety of poisons prior to her death.—
Emma Bussey , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Cassidy, a physician specializing in liver diseases and a vocal supporter of vaccination, had questioned Kennedy sharply in a hearing about his views on shots.—
Amanda Seitz,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Smoking Like other lung diseases, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), smoking or significant secondhand smoke exposure increases the risk of adult onset asthma.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
13 Feb. 2026
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Curcumin's antioxidant properties may also protect the lungs from damage caused by long-term exposure to toxins.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Department of Homeland Security warned in a bulletin that these crimes have increased over the last five years and lists 17 cases since 2014 of people attempting to poison their family members, using toxins such as ricin and cyanide, resulting in at least 11 deaths.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Venoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venoms. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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