curare
英 [kjʊ'rɑːrɪ]
美[kjʊ'rɑri]
- n. [植] 箭毒马鞍子；箭毒（箭毒马鞍子的毒素，南美印地安人用以浸制毒箭）
英英释意
- 1. 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"