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  1. tubocurarine
    [n] - a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
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  2. tubocurarine
    An alkaloid that acts as a muscle relaxant by blocking acetylcholine (ACh) receptors.
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  3. tubocurarine
    <drug> An alkaloid that acts as a muscle relaxant by blocking acetyl choline receptors. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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  4. tubocurarine
    curare noun 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`
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  5. tubocurarine
    (too″bo-ku-rah´rēn) an alkaloid from the bark and stems of Chondrodendron tomentosum; it is the active principle of curare and is a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent; used in the form of the chloride salt for relaxation of skeletal muscles in surgery and convulsive therapy and...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  6. tubocurarine
    (from the article `drug`) ...amplitude of the end-plate potential falls below a critical level, it fails to initiate an impulse in the muscle fibre, and transmission is ... ...is a powerful antimalarial agent that was formerly the drug of choice for treating that disease, though it has been largely ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/89

  7. tubocurarine
    1) Alkaloid 2) Curare 3) Neuromuscular blocking agent 4) Phytotoxin 5) Plant toxin
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tubocurarine/1

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