tubocurarine

[ too-boh-kyoo-rahr-een, -in, tyoo- ]
/ ˌtu boʊ kyʊˈrɑr in, -ɪn, ˌtyu- /

noun Pharmacology.

the principal active alkaloid of curare, C38H44Cl2N2O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.

Origin of tubocurarine

1895–1900; < German Tubocurarin, equivalent to Tubocurar(e) (see tube, -o-, curare) + -in -in2

Words nearby tubocurarine

tubman, harriet, tubo-, tubo-ovarian, tubo-ovarian pregnancy, tuboabdominal pregnancy, tubocurarine, tubocurarine chloride, tuboid, tuboplasty, tubotorsion, tubotympanic