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