envenomation

plural envenomations

1. countableuncountableThe injection of a venom by means of a sting, etc.

   No one knows how well ratels can count in the ratel-bee brinkmanship game, but they likely can sense when a dangerous level of envenomation is near.

   2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 36

2. countableuncountableThe deterioration in the surface quality of a plastic that is in contact with another material.

   Following a letter ballot of D-20. new definitions of plasticizer, reinforced plastics, filler, A-stage, B-stage, C-stage, and envenomation, will be sent to the standards committee.

   1953, Rubber World, volume 130, page 220