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Curare   /kjˌurˈærˌeɪ/   Listen
Curare

noun
(Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc)
1.
A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.  Synonym: tubocurarine.





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"Curare" Quotes from Famous Books



... glamour. But to Kennedy there had been signs of the poisoning at once. Doctor Blake had searched merely for the evidences of the commoner drugs, or the usual diseases such as cause sudden death. I recalled the cyanides. I thought of curare, or woorali, the South American arrow poison with which Kennedy once had dealt. Had Stella received an injection of some ...
— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve


Words linked to "Curare" :   alkaloid, phytotoxin, neuromuscular blocking agent, tubocurarine, plant toxin


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