envenomations

Noun

envenomation (countable and uncountable, plural envenomations)

1. The injection of a venom by means of a sting, etc.
   • No one knows how well ratels can count in the ratel-bee brinkmanship game, but they likely can sense when a dangerous level of envenomation is near.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 36
2. The deterioration in the surface quality of a plastic that is in contact with another material.
   • Following a letter ballot of D-20. new definitions of plasticizer, reinforced plastics, filler, A-stage, B-stage, C-stage, and envenomation, will be sent to the standards committee.1953, Rubber World, volume 130, page 220