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tubocurarine


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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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