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truth serum
[ trooth seer-uhm ]
noun
- a 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.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of truth serum1
First recorded in 1920–25
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