Acting as an antidote to poison; counteracting the effects of venom or toxic substances.
From anti- (against) + venefica (Latin for poisoning or witchcraft). An archaic medical term blending Latin toxicology with antidote science.
Medieval physicians called antidotes 'antivenefic' medicines—the word itself carries the mystique of alchemy and ancient pharmacology, when treating poisoning seemed like magic.
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