muscarine

[ muhs-ker-in, -kuh-reen ]

/ ˈmʌs kər ɪn, -kəˌrin /

noun Chemistry.

a poisonous compound, C8H19NO3, found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.

Words nearby muscarine

muscadet, muscadin, muscadine, muscae volitantes, muscari, muscarine, muscarinic, muscat, muscat and oman, muscatel, muscatine

Origin of muscarine

1870–75; < Latin muscār(ius) of flies (musc(a) fly + -ārius -ary) + -ine¹

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Examples from the Web for muscarine

Muscarine at first excites the respiratory centre, and then paralyses it.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Muscarine is a stronger base than ammonia, and precipitates copper and iron oxides from solutions of their salts.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Muscarine is isomeric with betain and oxycholin, from which it is separated by its fluorescence and poisonous properties.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
This is the more curious, for muscarine strongly contracts the pupil.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

The poisons of rafflesia, muscarine, and orsere are introduced in his fictions; somewhere he devotes an essay to toxicology.
The Merry-Go-Round|Carl Van Vechten

British Dictionary definitions for muscarine

muscarine

/ (ˈmʌskərɪn, -ˌriːn) /

noun

a poisonous alkaloid occurring in certain mushrooms. Formula: C 9 H 21 NO 3

Word Origin for muscarine

C19: from Latin muscārius of flies, from musca fly

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Medicine definitions for muscarine

muscarine

[ mŭs′kə-rēn′ ]

n.

A highly toxic alkaloid related to the cholines and having neurologic effects, isolated from certain mushrooms, especially Amanita muscaria.

Other words from muscarine

mus′ca•rin′ic (-rĭn′ĭk) adj.

Science definitions for muscarine

muscarine

[ mŭs′kə-rēn′ ]

A highly toxic, hallucinogenic alkaloid related to the cholines, derived from the red form of the mushroom Amanita muscaria and other mushrooms and found in decaying animal tissue. Chemical formula: C9H20NO2.