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curarizing

curarizing is the present participle and gerund of curarize.

Meaning of curarize

Verb

curarize (third-person singular simple present curarizes, present participle curarizing, simple past and past participle curarized)

  1. (transitive) To administer curare to.
    • Curarize the frog sufficiently to paralyze the motor nerves.1906, William Townsend Porter, An Introduction to Physiology, page 569

Questions about curarizing

What is curarizing the present participle and gerund of?
Curarizing is the present participle and gerund of curarize.

Words near curarizing in the dictionary

  1. curarization
  2. curarizations
  3. curarize
  4. curarized
  5. curarizes
  6. curarizing
  7. Curas
  8. curassow
  9. curassows
  10. curat
  11. curatability

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