muscarine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly”).
Noun[edit]
muscarine (countable and uncountable, plural muscarines)
- (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
Translations[edit]
poisonous alkaloid
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
muscarine f (plural muscarines)
Further reading[edit]
- “muscarine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
muscarine f