Associations to the word «Venin»

Wiktionary

VENIN, noun. (biochemistry) A toxic substance found in the venom of poisonous snakes.
VENIN, noun. (biochemistry) A (supposedly identical) toxic substance obtained by the cleavage of an albumose.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats