curarize
/ˈkjʊrəraɪz/
verb
- To administer curare or a similar substance to induce muscle paralysis, typically for medical or experimental purposes.
- Doctors may curarize a patient during certain types of surgery to prevent involuntary muscle movements.
- The veterinarian had to curarize the large animal before performing the delicate surgery.
- Researchers curarize laboratory frogs to study how nerves control heartbeats.
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