Definition of "envenomation"

envenomation

noun
countable and uncountable, plural envenomations
1. The injection of a venom by means of a sting, etc.
  Quotations
  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, page 36
2. The deterioration in the surface quality of a plastic that is in contact with another material.
  Quotations
  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