Definitions for muscarine

muscarine mus·ca·rine

Spelling: [muhs-ker-in, -kuh-reen]
IPA: /ˈmʌs kər ɪn, -kəˌrin/

Muscarine is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 803 anagrams from letters in muscarine (aceimnrsu).

Definitions for muscarine

noun

  1. a poisonous compound, C 8 H 19 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.

Origin of muscarine

1870-75; Latin muscār(ius) of flies (musc(a) fly + -ārius -ary) + -ine1

Examples for muscarine

An example of this kind of myosis is the action of muscarine.

muscarine at first excites the respiratory centre, and then paralyses it.

muscarine is a stronger base than ammonia, and precipitates copper and iron oxides from solutions of their salts.

This alkaloid, like ordinary atropin, neutralizes to a greater or less extent the muscarine.

muscarine is isomeric with betain and oxycholin, from which it is separated by its fluorescence and poisonous properties.

It is not very toxic, but on uniting with oxygen it passes over to muscarine.

This is the more curious, for muscarine strongly contracts the pupil.

The symptoms of poisoning with muscarine are not at once evident, as is the case with several of the less virulent poisons.

Neurin is almost identical in its physiological effects with muscarine, which is described below.

The actions of muscarine and atropine are to a great extent antagonistic.

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