muscarine

English

Etymology

From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly”).

Noun

muscarine (countable and uncountable, plural muscarines)

1. (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.

Translations

poisonous alkaloid

• German: Muskarin n
• Italian: muscarina f
• Portuguese: muscarina f
• Swedish: muskarin (sv)

Further reading

• muscarine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marinescu, manicures

French

Noun

muscarine f (plural muscarines)

1. muscarine

Further reading

• “muscarine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

muscarine f

1. plural of muscarina