antivenin

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Recent Examples of antivenin As luck would have it, Charlie had been given an antivenin shot just two days before he got bitten by the rattlesnake. — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 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 First, producing antivenins for India’s different regions is difficult. — Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for antivenin
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  1. antivenom
  2. antidote
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  • There are two types of antivenom currently approved by the FDA for rattlesnake bites, CroFab and AnaVip.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Snake bites can cause pain for you or your pets, and antivenom can run you thousands at the hospital, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
Definition of antivenom
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  • That makes today’s tale a rather bittersweet one, because the Volvo EX30 could be the perfect antidote.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • The antidote is to keep reminding Americans, story by story, that the people across the divide are human.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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