| curage | Curettage by means of the finger rather than the curet. Origin: Fr. A cleansing (05 Mar 2000) |
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| curare | <drug> Curare alkaloids are the active ingredients of arrow poisons used by South American Indians. Alkaloids that have muscle relaxant properties because they block motor end plate transmission, acting as competitive antagonists for acetylcholine. (18 Nov 1997) |
| curariform | Denoting a drug having an action like curare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curarimimetic | Having a curare-like action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curarine | C40H44N4O++; C-Curarine I;the alkaloid principle of calabash curare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curarization | Induction of muscular relaxation or paralysis by the administration of curare or related compounds that have the ability to block nerve impulse transmission at the myoneural junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curarize | <anaesthetics> To bring under the influence of curare: to induce curarisation is to induce relaxation of voluntary muscles by curare. (18 Nov 1997) |
| curative | Tending to overcome disease and promote recovery. Origin: L. Curare = to take care of (18 Nov 1997) |
| curative dose | The quantity of any substance required to effect the cure of a disease or that will correct the manifestations of a deficiency of a particular factor in the diet, effective dose used with therapeutically applied compounds. Synonym: therapeutic dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curb | A hard, painful, inflammatory swelling on the back part of the hock of the horse; it occurs in the plantar ligament near its insertion, is characterised by swelling and heat in the part and generally by lameness, and is believed to be caused by straining the ligament in falling, jumping, or pulling. Synonym: curby hock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curb tenotomy | Surgical displacement of the tendon of an eye muscle posterior to its anatomic insertion. Synonym: curb tenotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curby hock | A hard, painful, inflammatory swelling on the back part of the hock of the horse; it occurs in the plantar ligament near its insertion, is characterised by swelling and heat in the part and generally by lameness, and is believed to be caused by straining the ligament in falling, jumping, or pulling. Synonym: curby hock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curcumin | <protein> An ingredient of the spice turmeric. Laboratory studies have suggested that curcurnin inhibits HIV replication by blocking the long-terminal repeat region on HIV's genes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| curd | The coagulum of milk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curdy pus | Pus containing flakes of caseous matter. (05 Mar 2000) |