English Explanatory Dictionary

hypnotoxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical waste product of the brain proposed by Henri Piéron that causes fatigue and is cleansed by sleep.
  2. A venom found in the nematocysts of some cnidarians that acts as a central nervous system depressant leading to inactivity, numbness, paralysis, and coma.

Word forms

hypnotoxin hypnotoxins
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