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crotalin
[
kroht
-l-in
]
cro·ta·lin
/
ˈkroʊt
l
ɪn
/
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kroht
-l-in
]
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noun
Biochemistry
.
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
Origin:
<
Neo-Latin
Crotal
(
us
) a genus of rattlesnakes, from whose venom the protein was extracted (<
Latin
crotalum
<
Greek
krótalon
rattle) +
-in
2
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