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crotalin

[ kroht-l-in ]

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of crotalin1

< New 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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Example Sentences

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

After all, no one knew of the use of crotalin to kill Stella Lamar except the murderer himself, and Kennedy and those of us in his confidence.

It is as simple to learn how to use crotalin or botulin toxin or any number of hundreds of deadly substances as it is to obtain the majority of them.

"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."

Crotalin can be obtained now with fair ease.

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