tubocurarine

tubocurarine
/tooh'boh kyoo rahr"een, -in, tyooh'-/, n. Pharm.
the principal active alkaloid of curare, C38H44Cl2N2O, used as a muscle relaxant, esp. as an adjunct to anesthesia.
[1895-1900; < G Tubocurarin, equiv. to Tubocurar(e) (see TUBE, -O-, CURARE) + -in -IN2]

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