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curare

/kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
cu-rare
IPA
/kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.

Uncountable

noun

Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.

Uncountable

noun

A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

Uncountable

Etymology

From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/
  • British English: /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

curares (plural) curari (alternative) urare (alternative) urari (alternative) woorari (alternative) wurali (alternative)

Derived Forms

anticurare curarine curarise leptocurare pachycurare tubocurarine

Phrases

-curium -curonium

Frequently Paired Words

curariform curarisation curarization curarize

Synonyms

tubocurarine

Rhymes With

curari

Questions

How do you pronounce curare?
The recorded pronunciation is /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/.
What does curare mean?
A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
Where does curare come from?
From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

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