Muscarine Definition

mŭskə-rēn
noun
An extremely poisonous alkaloid, C9H21NO3, found in certain mushrooms, rotten fish, etc., that seriously disrupt the neuromuscular system if consumed.
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Origin of Muscarine

  • New Latin muscāria specific epithet (from feminine of Latin muscārius of flies) (from musca fly) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly").

    From Wiktionary

Muscarine Sentence Examples

  • There are also reasons for including such compounds as muscarine, choline, neurine and betaine in this group.

  • Muscarine has a very close resemblance in action to pilocarpine.

  • Atropine is often of value as an antidote, as in poisoning by pilocarpine, muscarine (mushroom poisoning), prussic acid, &c.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUS

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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