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self-envenomation

self-envenomation noun: the injection of a venom into oneself by means of a sting, etc.

Noun

self-envenomation (countable and uncountable, plural self-envenomations)

  1. The injection of a venom into oneself by means of a sting, etc.
    • [Tim] Friede's motivation evolved to see if he could develop immunity to this swirl of toxins — so that his body might provide a roadmap to making a broad kind of antivenom. Now, in a new paper in the journal Cell, researchers say they've done just that, thanks in large part to the antibodies that...2025 May 2, Ari Daniel, “He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom”, in NPR

Forms of self-envenomation

pluralself-envenomations

Origin of self-envenomation

From self- + envenomation.

Questions about self-envenomation

What does self-envenomation mean?
Self-envenomation means the injection of a venom into oneself by means of a sting, etc.
What part of speech is self-envenomation?
Self-envenomation is a noun.
What is the plural of self-envenomation?
The plural of self-envenomation is self-envenomations.

Words near self-envenomation in the dictionary

  1. self-enucleated
  2. self-enucleates
  3. self-enucleating
  4. self-enucleation
  5. self-enucleations
  6. self-envenomation
  7. self-envenomations
  8. self-esteem
  9. self-esteeming
  10. self-esteems
  11. self-esterification

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