veno-, ven-

(Latin: poison)

venenific
Forming poison.
venenosa
Poisonous snakes, collectively.
venenous
Poisonous.
venenum
A poison.
veneosity
State of being venomous.
venom
1. A poison secreted by some animals, such as insects, spiders, or snakes, and transmitted by bites or stings.
2. Spite, malice.

From Middle English, venym, venim, venon, previously from Old French, venim (French venin), from Vulgar Latin, venimen, which was formed from Latin venenum, "a drug, potion" through the substitution of the suffix -imen for -enum. The Latin venenum originally meant "love potion". It is derived from venus, "love, sexual desire".

venomization
Treatment of a material with snake venom.
venomosalivary
1. Secreting saliva with venom in it.
2. Of or pertaining to, secreting or conveying, venomous saliva.
venomosity
The condition of being venomous.
venomous
1. Poisonous.
2. Pertaining to animals or insects that have venom-secreting glands.
3. Secreting venom; poisonous.
4. Malicious; full of malice, spite, or extreme hostility.
venomously
In a venomous manner; with venom or virulence; fiercely, malignantly, virulently.
venomousness
The condition or quality of being venomous.

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