veno-, ven-

(Latin: poison)

antivenin
A proteinaceous material used in the treatment of poisoning by animal venom.
antivenom
Another form of antivenin.
antivenomous
Opposng, or counteracting, the action of venom.
anvenom
An obsolete term: to envenom, to poison.
avenom
An obsolete term meaning: to poison.
countervenom
Venom or poison used as an antidote to another poison.
disenvenom
To undo the process of envenoming; to deprive of its venom.
envenom (verb), envenoms; envenomed; envenoming
1. To put poison onto a weapon: In the detective novel Jane was reading, it turned out that the culprit envenomed the wine in order to kill his victim.
2. To produce malice or bitterness with actions, relations, or with words of a person: Mark envenomed the waitress with extremely unpleasant complaints about the food that she brought to him.
To embitter a friendship with a comment.
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envenomation
The introduction of venoms into the body by means of a bite or sting.
envenomize
To infect with poison.
envenomous
Full of venom; poisonous.
evenomate
To take poison out of or from (food, etc.).
transvenom
To transform into something poisonous.
venenation
Poisoning; a condition of being poisoned.
veneniferous
Carrying poison.

A cross reference of another word family that is related directly, or indirectly, with: "poison": toxico-; viru-.