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Definition of Truth serum
1. Noun. An intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely.
Specialized synonyms: Amobarbital, Pentothal, Thiopental, Thiopental Sodium, Thiopentobarbital Sodium
Generic synonyms: Intravenous Anesthetic
Definition of Truth serum
1. Noun. (informal medicine) A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly renders a person cooperative and disposed to respond honestly to questions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Truth serum
1. Colloquialism for a drug, such as amobarbital sodium or thiopental sodium, intravenously injected for the purpose of eliciting information from the subject under its influence; a misnomer because the subject's revelations may or may not be factually true, and its legal status and use is questionable. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Truth Serum
Literary usage of Truth serum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by James B. Stockdale (1995)
"Always the device or the truth serum or the electric shock treatment—all of which
would totally defeat the purpose of a person seriously trying to break ..."
2. Accounting for Pow/Mias from the Korean War and the Vietnam War: Hearing edited by Robert K. Dornan (1998)
"Would you be willing to take sodium pentothal, "truth serum" it's called in slang?
General SEJNA. Sure. Mr. DORNAN. Well, I'm not going to forget the 17th ..."
3. Winning Florida: How the Bush Team Fought the Battle by Robert Zelnick (2001)
"True the "spin-meisters" from both sides would be claiming big gains, but even
if they had suddenly chugged gallons of truth serum, their estimates would be ..."
4. How to Make the Most of a Flying Saucer Experience by Professor Solomon (1998)
"... not the truth serum of popular supposition. One of the most outspoken of the
skeptics is Dr. Robert Baker, psychologist and hypnosis expert. ..."
5. A Few Kind Words about Hate: The Dark Side of Family Life and the Bible by Una Stannard (2007)
"I've often thought that murderers, instead of being executed or sitting in jail
would benefit society by being required to take a truth serum that made them ..."
6. The Mars Records Book 2: Clearing Sessions with A Biofeedback Meter Where a by Stephanie Relfe (2002)
"... double agent was subjected to torture, truth serum or more Scopolamine the
ORIGINAL programmers had to be sure that the double agent would not "crack. ..."
7. The Dark Charade by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1991)
"Drugs used in the testing for MKULTRA were found in abundance, including sodium
pentathol (a truth serum), ..."
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