curare

英 [kjʊə'rɑːrɪ] 美 [kjʊ'rɑːrɪ]

• n. [植]箭毒马鞍子；箭毒
• =curari.

英英释义

Noun:

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

   "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The modern clinical use of curare probably dates from 1932.
   箭毒的现代临床应用可追溯至1932年。

经典引文

• The lethargy of the will, the curare that annihilates the nervous elements of thought and motion.

  出自： fig.

近反义词

【近义词】

• tubocurarine [化]筒箭毒碱...