tubocurarine
/ˌtjuːbə(ʊ)ˈkjʊərəriːn
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from curare and used to produce relaxation of voluntary muscles before surgery and in tetanus, encephalitis, and poliomyelitis.Not all voluntary muscles are equally sensitive to tubocurarine, and fortunately the respiratory muscles are the most spared....
- Examples include the analgesics morphine and codeine, the antibiotic sanguinarine, the gout suppressant colchicine, and the muscle relaxant (+) tubocurarine.
- The pH of tubocurarine chloride injection did not change appreciably during the 90-day study period.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin tubus 'tube' + curare + -ine4.