Look up: curare

1. Curare
   Curare: A muscle relaxant used in anesthesia (and, in the past, in arrow poisons by South American Indians). Curare competes with acetylcholine, a chemical that carries information between nerve and muscle cells, and blocks transmission of the information.
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2. curare
   aqueous extract from plants of the Strychnos family Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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3. curare
   Curare alkaloids are the active ingredients of arrow poisons used by S. American Indians; they have muscle-relaxant properties because they block motor endplate transmission, acting as competitive antagonists for acetylcholine.
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4. curare
   <drug> Curare alkaloids are the active ingredients of arrow poisons used by South American Indians. ... Alkaloids that have muscle relaxant properties because they block motor end plate transmission, acting as competitive antagonists for acetylcholine. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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5. curare
   (koo-rah´re) any of a wide variety of highly toxic extracts from various botanical sources, including various species of Strychnos, a genus of tropical trees; used originally as arrow poisons in South America. A form extracted from the shrub Chondodendron tomentosum has been used as a skeletal muscle relaxant.
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6. Curare
   • (n.) Alt. of Curari
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7. curare
   skeletal-muscle–relaxant drug belonging to the alkaloid family of organic compounds. Of botanical origin, it is used in modern medicine primarily as ... [11 related articles]
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8. curare
   curare (kyoorär'ē) , any of a variety of substances originally used as arrow poisons by Native South Americans in hunting and in warfare. The main active substance of curare, tubocurarine, is an alkaloid extracted from Chondodendron tomentosum, Strychnos toxifera, and other plant spec...
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9. Curare
   Curare is an extremely bitter-tasting poison derived from the bark of a South American vine tree.
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10. curare
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kū-rah′rē Definitions: 1. An extract of various plants, especially Strychnos toxifera, S. castelnaei, S. crevauxii, and Chondodendron tomentosum, which produces nondepolarizing paralysis of skeletal muscle after intravenous injection by blocking transmission...
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11. curare
    Black, resinous poison extracted from the bark and juices of various South American trees and plants. Originally used on arrowheads by Amazonian hunters to paralyse prey, it blocks nerve stimulation of the muscles. Alkaloid derivatives (called curarines) are used in medicine as muscle relaxants during surgery
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12. curare
    (koo-rua-re) A chemical derived from plant sources that causes flaccid paralysis by blocking ACh receptor proteins in muscle cell membranes.
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13. curare
    (koo-rua-re) A chemical derived from plant sources that causes flaccid paralysis by blocking ACh receptor proteins in muscle cell membranes.
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