Poisoning caused specifically by spider venom; the condition resulting from a spider bite or envenomation.
From Greek 'arachne' (spider) + '-ism' (condition or disease). Older medical term that distinguished spider envenomation from scorpion stings.
While 'arachnism' sounds frightening, most spiders are harmless to humans and actively avoid us—the Sydney funnel-web is one of the few that's genuinely dangerous!
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