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TUBOCURARINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tubocurarine mean? 

TUBOCURARINE (noun)
  The noun TUBOCURARINE has 1 sense:

1. a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated musclesplay

  Familiarity information: TUBOCURARINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUBOCURARINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

curare; tubocurarine

Context example:

curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction

Hypernyms ("tubocurarine" is a kind of...):

alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)

neuromuscular blocking agent (a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles)

phytotoxin; plant toxin (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)


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