| 释义 |
cu·ra·re
\k(y)üˈrärē\ noun
or cu·ra·ra \-ärə\
(-s)
Etymology: Portuguese & Spanish curare, from Carib kurari
1. : any of certain complex arrow poisons of So. American Indians that have a paralytic action, include varied plant and animal ingredients, and usually depend for their effectiveness on aqueous extracts of plants of the genus Strychnos (especially S. toxifera)
2. : a dried aqueous extract of the woody vine (Strychnos toxifera) or of certain closely related plants that is rich in alkaloids which act on the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle or on cardiac muscle producing paralysis — see calabash curare
3. : a purified extract of a So. American menispermaceous vine (Chondodendron tomentosum) that is used medicinally to produce muscular relaxation during shock therapy for certain mental diseases and as an adjunct to anesthesia in surgery — called also tube curare; see tubocurarine |