tubocurarine, curare
(noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; “curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction”
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tubocurarine (usually uncountable, plural tubocurarines)
(biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from curare, sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anesthesia.
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20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
