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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CURARINE

CURARINE Cu "ra *rine (k "r-rn or k-r "rn; 1 4 ), n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.

 

Duden Dictionary

Curarin

Cu ra rin , Ku ra rin Substantiv, Neutrum Chemie , das Kurarin |Curar i n Kurar i n |das Curarin; Genitiv: des Curarins das Kurarin; Genitiv: des Kurarins indianisch-spanisch-neulateinisch wirksamer Bestandteil des Kurare