Venin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venin \Ven"in\, n. [L. venenum poison.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A toxic substance contained in the venom of poisonous snakes;
     also, a (supposedly identical) toxic substance obtained by
     the cleavage of an albumose.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]