Associations to the word «Curare»

CURARE, noun. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.

CURARE, noun. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae

CURARE, noun. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

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".