| 单词 | truth serum |
| 释义 | truth serum[ trooth-seer-uhm ] / ˈtruθ ˌsɪər əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR truth serum ON THESAURUS.COM nouna drug, as the barbiturate thiopental, that induces in the subject a desire to talk or a state of heightened suggestibility, used in psychotherapy and in interrogation to discover repressed or consciously withheld information. Often truth drug [trooth-druhg] /ˈtruθ ˌdrʌg/ . Compare narcoanalysis. Origin of truth serumFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby truth serumtruthful, truth-function, truthiness, Truth is stranger than fiction, truth or consequences, truth serum, truth set, Truth, Sojourner, truth table, truth-value, truth-value gap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for truth serum
Medical definitions for truth serumtruth serum [ trōōth ] n.Any of various hypnotic or anesthetic drugs, such as scopolamine or thiopental sodium, used to induce a subject under questioning to talk without inhibition. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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