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Related Terms:
wourari
tubocurarine
wurari
curarisation
curariform
arrow poison
muscle relaxant
curarize
mydatoxin
oorari
menispermaceae
curarization
bisbenzylisoquinoline
curarine
myoctonine
tubocurare
family
anticurare
wurali
corroval
ourari
toxiferine
woorali
curarimimetic
wourali
Definitions:
Noun
tubocurarine
curare
Definition: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction"
Definition: a plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content