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curareBlack, 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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htm SCULPTILE OED CURARINES OED curarine URINEMICS allegedly Stedman, or by analogy with purinemia, purinemic LANERETTE OED laner PREROSION Chambers TIMESHARE Usually hyphenated in dictionaries but mainly not in usage, esp. |
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