[ noun ] an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal <noun.substance>
Antivenin \An`ti*ve"nin\, n. [Written also {antivenen}, {antivenine}.] [Pref. anti- + L. venenum poison.] (Physiol. Chem.) The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated injections of small doses of the venom; also, the component of such a serum which is antitoxic to the venom. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
But likely as not, a patient will receive antivenin, a serum produced from the milk of the spider.