muscarine
English
Etymology
From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly”).
Noun
muscarine (countable and uncountable, plural muscarines)
- (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
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