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curare
curare
See also: curaré
English
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Strychnos toxifera
Alternative forms
Noun
curare (uncountable)
- A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
- Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae
- A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
Related terms
- curariform
- curarisation, curarization
Translations
a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō.
Verb
curare
- (transitive) to treat or cure (a disease)
- (transitive) to look after
- (transitive) to edit
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of curare
infinitive | curare | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | curando | |||
present participle | curante | past participle | curato | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | curo | curi | cura | curiamo | curate | curano |
imperfect | curavo | curavi | curava | curavamo | curavate | curavano |
past historic | curai | curasti | curò | curammo | curaste | curarono |
future | curerò | curerai | curerà | cureremo | curerete | cureranno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | curerei | cureresti | curerebbe | cureremmo | curereste | curerebbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | curi | curi | curi | curiamo | curiate | curino |
imperfect | curassi | curassi | curasse | curassimo | curaste | curassero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
cura, non curare | curi | curiamo | curate | curino |
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
cūrāre
- present active infinitive of cūrō
- second-person singular present passive imperative of cūrō
- second-person singular present passive indicative of cūrō