"muscarine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: muscarines [plural]
Etymology: From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|musca||fly}} Latin musca (“fly”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} muscarine (countable and uncountable, plural muscarines)
  1. (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alkaloids, Biochemistry Categories (lifeform): Euagarics Translations (poisonous alkaloid): Muskarin [neuter] (German), muscarina [feminine] (Italian), muscarina [feminine] (Portuguese), muskarin (Swedish)

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