Infection and Venom

Infection

Infection noun - (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease.

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Venom and infection are semantically related In some cases you can use "Venom" instead a noun "Infection".

Nearby Words: infect, infected, infective, infectious, infecting

Venom

Venom noun - A substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing.

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Antonyms for Venom

Infection and venom are semantically related in poison topic. Sometimes you can use "Infection" instead a noun "Venom".

Nearby Words: venomous, venomously

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alien	alien infection	alien venom
mild	mild infection	mild venom
painful	painful infection	painful venom
nasty	nasty infection	nasty venom
Other adjectives: actual, dangerous, lethal, said, magical, transformative.

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Plus, this trope is actually played straight by real komodo dragons, which bite large prey and then follow it relentlessly until it keels over from infection and venom.

Source: Super-Persistent Predator
Suck Out the Poison: Trying to suck the venom out of a snakebite wound is highly ineffective in almost every case, and will often increase the victim's risk of infection and the first-aider's risk of poisoning.

Source: Television Is Trying to Kill Us
Mathayus would have been in much greater danger from dying from blood loss or infection than from the venom.

Source: Film / The Scorpion King

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