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curarine

/ ˈkjʊərəˌriːn /

noun

  1. an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C 19 H 26 ON 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Again, there is a poison—curarine, the Indian arrow poison—which has power to deprive its victim of all motion, while leaving him, as has been ascertained in cases in which it has been used as a medicine, a consciousness that is more or less dimmed.

"Doctor, are you acquainted with the poison known as curari or curarine?"

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