noun
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a bite inflicted by a snake, esp a venomous one
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a drink of cider and lager
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of snakebite
Example Sentences
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"Ample evidence demonstrates that baby rattlers, like adults, can control their venom expulsion, the adults possess and deliver far more venom when biting, and the adults cause substantially more severe symptoms in snakebite victims."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
A 78-year-old woman was bitten by a snake three times and died of her injuries, the third snakebite fatality in California this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Like other members of the Trimeresurus genus, the Huaxi Green Pitviper is venomous and capable of causing snakebite envenoming.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
"We hope that the new cobra antidote we found can assist in the global fight to reduce death and injury from snakebite in some of the world’s poorest communities."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
The snakebite, you conclude, must have killed him.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
The findings could help researchers develop more powerful antivenoms for deadly snakebites, which remain a major health threat in some regions of the world.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Carroll expects that the first commercial applications of "nature's antivenom" could be in veterinary medicine, with treatments for human snakebites potentially following later.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
The incident marks the latest in a growing string of snakebites across the Southland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
It also states that snakebites disproportionately affect poor rural communities in low and middle-income countries.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
But the admiral did have a point about snakebites.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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