Patients should be warned that most snakebites occur between April and October, when outdoor activities are common, and that simple precautions may help them avoid snake encounters.
Although once popular, surgical intervention with fasciotomy for venomous snakebite is now reserved for selected rare cases and should never be performed prophylactically.
Renal failure is a common cause of delayed mortality from untreated snakebites in developing parts of the world.
Although exotic snakes account for only a small percentage of venomous snakebites, the prevalence of these bites is increasing as the popularity of keeping exotic snakes as house pets continues to rise.
Each year, 7,000 venomous snakebites are reported in the United States.
2British A drink consisting of draught cider and lager in equal proportions.
〈英〉蛇之吻（用等份散装苹果酒和淡啤酒调制而成的酒）
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We sat in the beer garden and had a drink, but Ghost and Eloise looked like they'd take AGES to finish their snakebite and blacks, so we - Tamsin, Al Fiendish and I - decided we'd go on to the venue itself and let the others catch up with us.
Everyone in the back had been drinking snakebites for the best part of the evening, and it was half way down the motorway and one of them said ‘I feel a bit sick, you'll have to stop the van’.
Definition of snakebite in US English:
snakebite
nounˈsneɪkˌbaɪtˈsnākˌbīt
1The bite of a snake, especially a venomous one.
（尤指毒蛇咬的）蛇咬伤
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Each year, 7,000 venomous snakebites are reported in the United States.
Although once popular, surgical intervention with fasciotomy for venomous snakebite is now reserved for selected rare cases and should never be performed prophylactically.
Renal failure is a common cause of delayed mortality from untreated snakebites in developing parts of the world.
Although exotic snakes account for only a small percentage of venomous snakebites, the prevalence of these bites is increasing as the popularity of keeping exotic snakes as house pets continues to rise.
Patients should be warned that most snakebites occur between April and October, when outdoor activities are common, and that simple precautions may help them avoid snake encounters.
2British A drink consisting of draft cider and lager in equal proportions.
〈英〉蛇之吻（用等份散装苹果酒和淡啤酒调制而成的酒）
Example sentencesExamples
We sat in the beer garden and had a drink, but Ghost and Eloise looked like they'd take AGES to finish their snakebite and blacks, so we - Tamsin, Al Fiendish and I - decided we'd go on to the venue itself and let the others catch up with us.
Everyone in the back had been drinking snakebites for the best part of the evening, and it was half way down the motorway and one of them said ‘I feel a bit sick, you'll have to stop the van’.