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curariform

curariform adjective: resembling curare.

Adjective

curariform (comparative more curariform, superlative most curariform)

  1. Resembling curare.
    • With extremely large doses, the action of edrophonium becomes curariform and capable of potentiating rather than antagonizing the peripheral paralytic effect of curare.1962, New and nonofficial drugs

Forms of curariform

comparativemore curariform
superlativemost curariform

Origin of curariform

From curare + -iform.

Questions about curariform

What does curariform mean?
Curariform means resembling curare.
What part of speech is curariform?
Curariform is an adjective.

Words near curariform in the dictionary

  1. curara
  2. curare
  3. curaremimetic
  4. curares
  5. curari
  6. curariform
  7. curarimimetic
  8. curarin
  9. curarine
  10. curarines
  11. curarisation

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