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