Malayan pit viper
noun
Ma·lay·an pit viper
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Medical Definition of Malayan pit viper
: a venomous pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostomarhodostoma synonym Agkistrodon rhodostoma) native to southeastern Asia that is light brown to reddish-brown above with triangular dark-brown markings
An international stroke study recently began on ancrod, a drug derived from the venom of the Malayan pit viper.— Susan Duerksen, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 1993