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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Words formed in error #214694 04/11/2014 3:14 PM Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 1 Jane Luckner stranger Jane Luckner stranger Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 1 'Antivenin', the medication used to treat people bitten by a snake, is now called "antivenom". But not by me! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words formed in error Jane Luckner #214695 04/11/2014 3:25 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words formed in error Jane Luckner #214696 04/11/2014 4:03 PM Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 1 csmoore stranger csmoore stranger Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 1 Not to be captious, but I believe that such animals are actually ovoviviparous. (Or maybe I just like the sound of it.) Viviparous animals give birth to live young, as do mammals; ovoviviparous animals brood their eggs internally and deliver them after they have been hatched. Those that deliver eggs are oviparous. Perhaps the difference between ovoviviparous and viviparous mechanisms was not known at the time. Last edited by csmoore; 04/11/2014 4:05 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words formed in error Jane Luckner #214699 04/12/2014 11:07 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: Jane Luckner 'Antivenin', the medication used to treat people bitten by a snake, is now called "antivenom". But not by me! Just asking. What do you call it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words formed in error csmoore #214700 04/12/2014 3:54 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: csmoore Not to be captious, but I believe that such animals are actually ovoviviparous. (Or maybe I just like the sound of it.) Viviparous animals give birth to live young, as do mammals; ovoviviparous animals brood their eggs internally and deliver them after they have been hatched. Those that deliver eggs are oviparous. Perhaps the difference between ovoviviparous and viviparous mechanisms was not known at the time. WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words formed in error Jane Luckner #216945 06/07/2014 1:31 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia ANTIVENIN is the proper term used by all those who know what they are talking about. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Antivenin/antivenom Bazr #217479 07/05/2014 2:56 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,454 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,454 Likes: 10 London, UK From Wikipedia: Quote: In 1981, the World Health Organization decided that the preferred terminology in the English language would be venom and antivenom rather than venin and antivenin or venen and antivenene. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Antivenin/antivenom A C Bowden #217489 07/06/2014 5:19 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Read this link for clarification: - Mechanism of Antivenom live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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