North American coral snake antivenin


antivenin

 [an″te-, an″ti-ven´in] a material used to neutralize the venom" >venom of a poisonous animal; it is composed of concentrated purified antibodies from the serum of an immunized animal, frequently a horse.black widow spider antivenin antivenin (Latrodectus mactans).antivenin (Crotalidae) polyvalent a serum containing specific venom-neutralizing globulins, produced by immunizing horses with venoms of the fer-de-lance and the western, eastern, and tropical rattlesnakes, used for treatment of envenomation by most pit vipers throughout the world.antivenin (Latrodectus mactans) a serum containing specific venom-neutralizing globulins, prepared by immunizing horses against venom of the black widow spider (L. mactans).antivenin (Micrurus fulvius) a serum containing specific venom-neutralizing globulins, produced by immunization of horses with venom of the eastern coral snake (M. fulvius).North American coral snake antivenin antivenin (Micrurus fulvius).polyvalent crotaline antivenin antivenin (Crotalidae) polyvalent.