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antivenin [¦an·tē¦ven·ən] (immunology) An immune serum that neutralizes the venoms of certain poisonous snakes and black widow spiders. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A rescue team to air lifted Jude to meet him and a team of other doctors at the emergency room, where a complex cocktail of antibodies, known collectively as antivenom (also antivenin or antivenene), awaited the boy. ``The antivenom has its own side effects so we don't want to use it unless we have to,'' said Dr. ICA curator Jessica Morgan brings together some sixty works on paper and sculptures, often simple and delicate pieces whose material origins offer a conceptual thrill: charred fragments from a church destroyed by lightning; silver objects flattened by a steamrolier; and snake venom reacting to antivenom. |
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