crotalin
[ kroht-l-in ]
nounBiochemistry.
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
Origin of crotalin
1<New Latin Crotal(us) a genus of rattlesnakes, from whose venom the protein was extracted (<Latin crotalum<Greek krótalon rattle) + -in2
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How to use crotalin in a sentence
He also found both crotalin and crotalin solution to vary in activity.
It was a combination of crotalin venom and ptomaine poisons, a very deadly mess.
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