noun
an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely
• Syn: ↑truth serum
• Hypernyms: ↑intravenous anesthetic
• Hyponyms: ↑amobarbital, ↑thiopental, ↑thiopental sodium, ↑thiopentobarbital sodium, ↑Pentothal
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nounsee truth serum
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truth drug or truth serum noun
Any of various drugs, such as scopolamine or thiopentone sodium, which make subjects under questioning less wary in their replies
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Main Entry: ↑truth
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a drug used for trying to make someone tell the truth
Thesaurus: types and forms of medicinehyponym
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truth drug,
= truth serum. (Cf. ↑truth serum)
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a drug that is believed to be able to put sb into a state where they will answer questions with the truth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.