rattlesnake bite
Desert hiker's nightmare
A rattlesnake bite is a wound inflicted by a venomous pit viper of the Americas, characterized by fang punctures and potentially serious envenomation.
The term applies both to the injury itself and to the medical emergency it creates: He was airlifted to the hospital after a rattlesnake bite.
Rattlesnake bites require prompt treatment with antivenom.
- venomInjected animal poison
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
- pit viperHeat-sensing venomous snake
- western diamondbackNorth American pit viper
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Superficial wound or mark
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Restorative physical contact
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