v. [f. CURAR-E + -IZE.] To administer curare to (an animal), esp. in a physiological experiment, in order to destroy the motor functions of the nervous system. Hence Curarized ppl. a., Curarization.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 185, note. Curarized animals poisoned by hydrocyanic acid. Ibid., 201. Prevented by curarization and artificial respiration.
1892. Pall Mall Gaz., 22 Oct., 2/1. A medical man had told her that the animals would be curarized in such experiments.
