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Antivenin

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Antibodies created in the blood of a horse or sheep when the animal is injected with snake venom.

Antivenin acts by neutralizing snake venom that has entered the body.

Also called antivenom, snake antivenin, or snake antivenom.</P> Other spellings: antivenom

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