snake venom
Cobra's lethal secretion
Snake venom is the toxic secretion produced by venomous snakes, delivered through fangs when they bite.
Venoms vary widely—some attack the nervous system, others destroy tissue or prevent blood clotting.
The hospital kept antivenoms for local snake venoms.
Venom is extracted for producing antivenoms and has applications in medical research.
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- milkingExtracting animal dairy fluid
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- forked tongueSymbol of dishonest speech
- poisonousCapable of causing death
LD50 · rattlesnake · lethal · cobra · black mamba · hiss · fang · coil · slither · reptile · strike · toxin · swelling · hemotoxin · blood clotting · mamba · predator · cytotoxin
- poisonsarsenic, cyanide, hemlock, strychnine, belladonna
- toxinstoxin, endotoxin, exotoxin, biotoxins, endotoxins
- Venomsneurotoxins, hemotoxin, hemotoxins, cardiotoxins
- blood toxinsarsenic, lead, heavy metals, thallium, cadmium
- animal productswool, leather, hide, pelt, fur
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
snake venomantivenom
Serum countering toxic bites
antivenin · antidote · medicine · curative · restorative
snake venommother's milk
Mammalian infant nutrition
nourishment · breast milk · nutrient · tonic · pure water
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