单词 | curarizing |
释义 | curare or curari /kū- or kŭ-räˈri/nounA paralysing poison extracted from the bark of S American trees (eg Strychnos or Chondodendron), orig used by S Americans to coat the tips of arrows, later used as a muscle relaxant, eg to control muscle spasm in tetanus, and in surgery (also curaˈra) ORIGIN: Port from Carib kurari curaˈrine noun A highly poisonous alkaloid derivative, used in surgery in the form of tubocurarine, as a muscle relaxant cuˈrarize or cuˈrarise transitive verb |
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