Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tubocurarine"
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tubocurarine
n : a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American
trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles;
used by South American indians as an arrow poison;
"curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the
myoneural junction" [syn: {curare}]
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