Sentences with word «curare»

Curare is a noun that refers to a type of poisonous plant extract used by indigenous tribes in South America to make poison arrows or as an anesthetic. Full definition
«Curator» has its roots in the Latin curare meaning «to care for» — and for me that word is a wonderful shorthand for the many roles a curator needs to adopt.
The researchers blocked some of the connections in the giant nudibranch using curare, a paralyzing poison used on blow darts by indigenous South Americans.
The lethal injection contains a series of drugs to ensure death, given as an intravenous infusion — a sedative to produce unconsciousness, a muscle relaxant or paralysing drug such as curare to stop breathing, and potassium chloride to stop the heart.
These plants produce curare, a toxin commonly used in blowgun darts, and strychnine, used as rat poison.
Actually, it is important to note that the project space as a program is often already excluded from representation, because sincere curating — a practice whose name originates from the Latin curare, to cure — is, like all care work (including maintenance), seriously underrepresented in the capitalist economy.
So far, 47 major drugs come from tropical plants, including quinine, curare and codeine, say Robert Mendelsohn, a professor of forest policy at Yale University, and Michael Balick, director of the Institute of Economic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden.
Care should be taken if your pet is also taking aminogylcoside antibiotics, amphotericin B, corticosteroids (prednisone), curare and its derivatives, digitalis derivatives, insulin, NSAIDS (ex.
«The verb «to curate» derives from Latin «curare,» and...
«The verb «to curate» derives from Latin «curare,» and means «to attend to something» and thus also to take responsibility — for an exhibition, for the participating artists, for the works, etc..»
The word «curatorship» comes from the Greek, «curare,» which means to take care of.
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