Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curariform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cu-rar-i-form
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling curare.

Example Sentences

"With extremely large doses, the action of edrophonium becomes curariform and capable of potentiating rather than antagonizing the peripheral paralytic effect of curare."

Etymology

From curare + -iform.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: curare

Inflected Forms

more curariform (comparative) most curariform (superlative)

Questions

What does curariform mean?: Resembling curare.
Where does curariform come from?: From curare + -iform.

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