tubocurarine
/ˌtjuːbəʊˈkjʊəriːn/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a compound of the alkaloid class obtained from curare and used to produce relaxation of voluntary muscles before surgery and in tetanus, encephalitis, and poliomyelitis【医】筒箭毒碱。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Latin tubus 'tube' + CURARE + -INE4.