curarecacurare

curare in Catalan

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1noun
cacurare

Definitions

  1. 1.A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
  2. 2.Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
  3. 3.A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

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