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Definition of: curare
(ky
·rä′rē) noun
1. A blackish, brittle, resinous extract of certain South American trees of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, used as an arrow poison, in pharmacological research, and as an adjunct in general anesthesia.
2. The plant from which this extract is abstracted: sometimes written woorali or urare. Also cu·ra·ra (ky·rä′rə), cu·ra′ri. [<Sp. curaré <Tupian]
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