Definition of: venom

(ven′əm) noun
1. The poisonous fluid that certain animals, as serpents and scorpions, secrete, and which produces toxic effects when introduced into the system by a bite or sting.
2. Something harmful; hence, malignity; spite.
3. Any poison.
—v.t. To imbue with poison; envenom. [<OF venim <L venenum poison]
—ven′om·er noun