crotalin

crotalin
\\ˈkrōd.ələ̇n, -räd.-\ noun (-s)
Etymology: New Latin Crotalus + English -in
: rattlesnake venom

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/kroht"l in/, n. Biochem.
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
[ < NL Crotal(us) a genus of rattlesnakes, from whose venom the protein was extracted ( < L crotalum < Gk krótalon rattle) + -IN2]

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ˈcrotalin Chem.
[f. crotal-us + -in.]
An albuminoid substance found in the venom of the rattlesnake: it is not coagulated at the boiling-point of water. Syd. Soc. Lex.

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