curaren.

/kjuːˈrɑːriː/

Forms: Also curara, curari.

Etymology: A corruption of the name (/wuˈrɑli/ or /wuˈrɑri/) also written wourali , woorari , ourali , ourari , wourara , etc., in the language of the Macusi Indians of Guyana, a Carib dialect. The consonant of the last syllable varies between l and r . In French curare . (The initial c is said to represent a click or catch in the original pronunciation.) See urali n., wourali n.

A blackish-brown resinous bitter substance, obtained as an extract from Strychnos toxifera, and other plants of tropical South America; used by the Indians to poison their arrows.When introduced into the blood it acts as a powerful poison, arresting the action of the motor nerves; used largely in physiological experiments.

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Macassar poison1662

wourali1769

curare1777

urali1843

ouabaio1856

inée1874

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. iv. 328 A poison in which they dip the arrows employed in hunting..the chief ingredient in which is the juice extracted from the root of the curare, a species of withe.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xix. 274 The curare..like the venom of serpents..only acts when introduced directly into the blood.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 186 Animals quieted by curari.

1883 Contemp. Rev. June 793 A moral curare..paralysing will and emotion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	curare
释义	curaren. /kjuːˈrɑːriː/ Forms: Also curara, curari. Etymology: A corruption of the name (/wuˈrɑli/ or /wuˈrɑri/) also written wourali , woorari , ourali , ourari , wourara , etc., in the language of the Macusi Indians of Guyana, a Carib dialect. The consonant of the last syllable varies between l and r . In French curare . (The initial c is said to represent a click or catch in the original pronunciation.) See urali n., wourali n. A blackish-brown resinous bitter substance, obtained as an extract from Strychnos toxifera, and other plants of tropical South America; used by the Indians to poison their arrows.When introduced into the blood it acts as a powerful poison, arresting the action of the motor nerves; used largely in physiological experiments. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisons from plants > used on arrows Macassar poison1662 wourali1769 curare1777 urali1843 ouabaio1856 inée1874 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. iv. 328 A poison in which they dip the arrows employed in hunting..the chief ingredient in which is the juice extracted from the root of the curare, a species of withe. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xix. 274 The curare..like the venom of serpents..only acts when introduced directly into the blood. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 186 Animals quieted by curari. 1883 Contemp. Rev. June 793 A moral curare..paralysing will and emotion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1777
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