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Anaesthesia vs Tubocurarine - What's the difference?

anaesthesia | tubocurarine |

As nouns the difference between anaesthesia and tubocurarine

is that anaesthesia is (medicine) a method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain while tubocurarine is (biochemistry) a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.

anaesthesia

English

(wikipedia anaesthesia)

Alternative forms

* * anesthesia

Noun

  • (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain.
  • Loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.

    • Related terms

    () * anaesthetize * anaesthetic * anaesthetics * anaesthesiologist * anaesthesiology

    References

    tubocurarine

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia tubocurarine)
  • (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.

    • Related terms

    * tubocurare