Venom
/ˈvenəm/
noun 1. poison stored in an animal that can be injected into another animal’s body via bite or sting I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom. - Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley (1797-1851) 2. malice or bitterness A man’s venom poisons himself more than his victim. - Charles Buxton (1822 - 1871) Antivenom /ˌantēˈvenəm/ noun a type of medicine that counteracts the effects of venom Since 2000, Tim Friede, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has endured some 200 snakebites and 700 injections of lethal snake venom—all part of a masochistic quest to immunize his body and offer his blood to scientists seeking a universal antivenom. - "The Human Antivenom Project", Outside Magazine