See Also: antivenin(medicine)
Antivenin(health)

Comstockery (iou) and antivenin (medicine)


Comstockery (iou)



Comstockery noun. Also comstockery. E20.
[from Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), member of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice + -ERY.]
Excessive opposition to supposed immorality in the arts; prudery.
Comstocker noun a person who advocates or practises Comstockery E20.

antivenin (medicine)


antivenin


An antitoxin specific for an animal or insect venom.

Synonym: antivenene.

Origin: anti-+ L. Venenum, poison