Definition of Curari. Meaning of Curari. Synonyms of Curari

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Definition of Curari

Curari
Curare Cu*ra"re Curari Cu*ra"ri(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name. Cf. Wourall.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc.]

Meaning of Curari from wikipedia

- Curare (/kʊˈrɑːri/ or /kjʊˈrɑːri/; kuu-RAH-ree or kyuu-RAH-ree) is a common name for various alkaloid arrow poisons originating from plant extracts. Used...
- organisms that necessitated different treatment: Ex toto non sic pueri ut viri curari debent ("In general, boys should not be treated in the same way as men")...
- membership required.) Hill, A. V. (1909). "The mode of action of nicotine and curari, determined by the form of the contraction curve and the method of temperature...
- manufacture of furniture with the wood of the cardon, the stick of Arch and the curarí. The wood is complemented using vegetable fibres such as sisal or with cow...
- etiamsi daremus, quod sine summo scelere dari nequit, non esse Deum, aut non curari ab eo negotia humana. What we have been saying would have a degree of validity...
- chiefly as regards the reaction of striated muscle to nicotine and to curari". J Physiol. 33 (4–5): 374–413. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1905.sp001128. PMC 1465797...
- Quoniam vero quod in hisce causis tractandis maiorem in modum curari et observari debet illud est ut eaedem secretissime peragantur et, postquam fuerint...
- vegetation on the slopes of the main hills of the island. Species include: puy, curari, araguaney, egg yolk, naked Indian, Indian hide (Bursera simaruba); torco...
- chiefly as regards the reaction of striated muscle to nicotine and to curari". J Physiol. 33 (4–5): 374–413. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1905.sp001128. PMC 1465797...
- are recorded from inside the **** and **** of three-toed sloths from Curari Island and Manaus. These are Macrocheles impae, Macrocheles uroxys and Macrocheles...