Dictionary

envenomation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English envenom Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English envenomation From envenom + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Forms

Deriveds

self-envenomation · postenvenomation

Hypernyms

toxicity · poisoning

Hyponyms

arachnidism

Relateds

envenom · envenomate · venomization

Translations (1)

es envenenamiento (noun)