Curare Definition

kyo͝orärē, ko͝orärē
noun
A black, resinous substance prepared from the juices of certain South American plants and used by some Indians for poisoning arrows: it causes motor paralysis when introduced into the bloodstream and is used as a muscle relaxant.
Webster's New World
Any of several purified preparations of such an extract, used formerly as a drug to relax skeletal muscles during anesthesia.
American Heritage Medicine
The drug tubocurarine.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of certain plants (esp. Chondrodendron tomentosum of the moonseed family) from which curare is prepared.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Curare

  • Portuguese or Spanish curaré both of Cariban and Tupian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Karib “Mawa Cure”, referring the Mawa vine, or Strychnos toxifera

    From Wiktionary

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