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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
snakebite
noun
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▪ So the typical snakebite victim is stabbed rather than bitten.
▪ Somewhere among the mass of sores and cuts on his leg was a snakebite.
▪ Their neurotoxin produces effects similar to those seen in snakebite victims, although the number of deaths from lizard-bites is extremely small.
▪ There were high snakebite weeds at several points, both clockwise and counter.
▪ Wrapped in copious instruction leaflets and next to a neat pile of syringes, formidable quantities of snakebite serum had thoughtfully been provided.
Wiktionary
snakebite

n. 1 (context countable English) The bite of a snake. 2 (context uncountable English) A mixture of cider and lager. 3 One of a pair of lip piercings, supposed to resemble the fangs of a snake.

WordNet
snakebite

n. a bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake

Wikipedia
Snakebite (disambiguation)

A Snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake.

Snakebite or snake bite may also refer to:

Music

  • Snakebite, a Swedish rock band
  • Snakebite, a punk band from New Jersey that appeared on TLC's A Makeover Story
  • Snakebite (album), a 1978 album by Whitesnake
  • Snake Bite Love, a 1997 album by Motörhead
  • "Snakebite," a song from Alice Cooper's album Hey Stoopid about heroin addiction

Other

  • Snakebite (drink), an alcoholic beverage made with beer and cider
  • Snake Bite (truck), a monster truck
  • Snakebite Township, Bertie County, North Carolina, a former municipality in the United States
  • Peter Wright (darts player), darts player nicknamed Snakebite
  • A type of lip piercing, or any two body piercings placed side by side
Snakebite (drink)

A snakebite is an alcoholic drink made with equal parts of lager and cider.

Snakebite in the United Kingdom may be served with a dash of blackcurrant cordial, referred to as a snakebite and black. Stout may be used instead of lager in the United States.

Snakebite and black is also known by the name diesel. A stronger variant involves the addition of a shot of vodka, known as a turbo diesel.

Snakebite (album)

Snakebite is the first official release by the British hard rock band Whitesnake. The original EP initially featured only four tracks and was released in the UK in June 1978 and never published in the US. Snakebite was re-released in September 1978 as a Double Extended Play containing four extra studio tracks taken from David Coverdale's second solo album Northwinds. The EP sleeve is entitled David Coverdale's Whitesnake and features photographs of the live band in concert. All tracks from the original EP also were used as bonus tracks on the 2006 remaster of Whitesnake's debut studio album Trouble.

Snakebite

A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake. It often results in two puncture wounds from the animal's fangs. Sometimes poisoning from the bite may occur. This may result in redness, swelling, and severe pain at the area, which may take up to an hour to appear. Vomiting, trouble seeing, tingling of the limbs, and sweating may result. Most bites are on the hands or arms. Fear following a bite is common with symptoms of a racing heart and feeling faint. The venom may cause bleeding, kidney failure, a severe allergic reaction, tissue death around the bite, or breathing problems. Bites may result in the loss of a limb or other chronic problems. The outcome depends on the type of snake, the area of the body bitten, the amount of venom injected, and the health conditions of the person. Problems are often worse in children than adults.

Snakes bite both as a method of hunting and as a means of protection. Risk factors for bites include working outside with one's hand such as in farming, forestry, and construction. Snakes commonly involved in poisonings include the elapids, vipers, and sea snakes. The majority of snake species do not have venom and kill their prey by squeezing them. Venomous snakes can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Determining the type of snake that caused a bite is often not possible. The World Health Organization lists snakebite as a neglected disease.

Prevention of snake bites can involve wearing protective footwear, avoiding areas where snakes live, and not handling snakes. Treatment partly depends on the type of snake. Washing the wound with soap and water and holding the limb still is recommended. Trying to suck out the venom, cutting the wound with a knife, or using a tourniquet is not recommended. Antivenom is effective at preventing death from bites; however, antivenoms frequently have side effects. The type of antivenom needed depends on the type of snake involved. When the type of snake is unknown, antivenom is often given based on the types known to be in the area. In some areas of the world getting the right type of antivenom is difficult and this partly contributes to why they sometimes do not work. An additional issue is the cost of these medications. Antivenom has little effect on the area around the bite itself. Supporting the person's breathing is sometimes also required.

The number of snakebites that occur each year may be as high as five million. They result in about 2.5 million poisonings and 20,000 to 125,000 deaths. The frequency of bites varies greatly among different parts of the world. They occur most commonly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with rural areas more greatly affected. Deaths are relatively rare in Australia, Europe and North America. For example, about seven to eight thousand people per year in the United States are bitten by venomous snakes.

Usage examples of "snakebite".

Everything he could think of that might help or amuse the Aucas, should they pay the men a visit, Jim put into the bag: harmonica, snakebite kit, flashlight, View-Master with picture reels, yo-yo, and, above all, the precious notebook of Auca language material, with the carefully arranged morphology file.

Thomas Covenant had once refused the Land for the sake of a snakebitten girl.

The cotton sweater was something I had packed as a formality, as you might pack anti snakebite medicine or splints.

They sought to determine, to recognize, to guess and forecast the fleeting, unstable weather, to know the death lying hidden in a berry or snakebite, to eavesdrop on the secret relations between clouds or storms and the phases of the moon, relations that affected the growth of crops as they did the haleness or doom of man and beast.

This, to mark the successful completion of Phase IV of Operation Fearless, they laced with cognac that Major Lowell had included with the rations against the chance one of the team might suffer snakebite.

Not snakebites, and too small even to be scorpion stings- There was a skin magazine on the desk.

In Fintha, snakebites were rare, and although some children suffered woundfever, no one died.

Here they’d found that the bright-colored snakes could kill—the first person bitten had not bothered to have the wound treated, thinking it like the snakebites back home.

Blood from one of the snakebites had trickled into my left eye, and had crusted my eyelashes together so that I couldn't open it again.

Blood from one of the snakebites had trickled into my left eye, and had crusted my eyelashes together so that I couldn’t open it again.

The rescue had unfolded so quickly that all thirteen victims of poisonous snakebites made it to the hospital with time to spare and only transient hallucinations.