An antiserum or antibody treatment that counteracts snake venom or poison; a variant of antivenom.
From anti- (against) + venene (from Latin venenum, poison). An older or variant medical term for what is now commonly called antivenom.
Before modern antivenins were developed, snakebite victims often died—these treatments represent one of the first successes of immunology, using animals' own antibodies to save human lives.
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