venenation


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ven·e·na·tion

 (vĕn′ə-nā′shən)
n.
1. Introduction of a venom into animal tissue.
2. The poisoned condition produced by a venom.
[From Latin venēnātus, past participle of venēnāre, to poison, from venēnum, venom; see venom.]
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Indeed, he stood, criminologically speaking, up there, fixed and immutable, upon the rim of the century, shoulder to guilty shoulder with the looming Titans of venenation - Crippen and Seddon.
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