crotalin

American  

[kroht-l-in] / ˈkroʊt l ɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.

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Etymology

Origin of crotalin

< New Latin Crotal ( us ) a genus of rattlesnakes, from whose venom the protein was extracted (< Latin crotalum < Greek krótalon rattle) + -in ²

Example Sentences

It was a combination of crotalin venom and ptomaine poisons, a very deadly mess.

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"You see"—Nagoya spoke as he finished the test he was making at the moment—"without a doubt it is crotalin, the venom of the rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus."

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Crotalin can be obtained now with fair ease.

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If my first hypothesis had been correct, if the use of snake venom and the unlucky thirteenth scene had been largely a matter of blind chance in the selection of poison and method, then we might have expected Werner to be struck down in some dark street, or perhaps decoyed to his death—at the best, inoculated with the same crotalin which had killed Miss Lamar.

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It is crotalin," he announced, "the venom of the rattlesnake— crotalus horridus.

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