Topic: BIOLOGY
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | venim, from Latin venenum 'use of magic power, drug, poison' |
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ven‧om
[uncountable]
[uncountable]1 great anger or hatred [= malice]: 
There was real venom in her voice.a look of pure venom
There was real venom in her voice.a look of pure venom2HB a liquid poison that some snakes, insects etc produce when they bite or sting you : The viper paralyses its prey by injecting it with venom.
The viper paralyses its prey by injecting it with venom.
