curare

Alternative forms

• curari, urare, urari, woorari, wurali

Etymology

Karib “Mawa Cure”, referring the Mawa vine, or Strychnos toxifera

Noun

curare (uncountable)

1. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
2. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae
3. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

Anagrams

• Carreu, Ur-race, ur-race

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō.

Verb

curare

1. (transitive) to treat or cure (a disease)
2. (transitive) to look after
3. (transitive) to edit

Anagrams

• curerà

Verb

cūrāre

1. present active infinitive of cūrō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of cūrō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of cūrō

Noun

curare m (uncountable)

1. curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)

Noun

curare m (plural curares)

1. curare

Verb

curare

1. First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of curar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of curar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) future subjunctive form of curar.

Noun

curare n

1. curare