Curarize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To administer curare to. transitive

    "Curarize the frog sufficiently to paralyze the motor nerves."

Example

More examples

"Curarize the frog sufficiently to paralyze the motor nerves."

Etymology

From curare + -ize.

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