- taraxein
- ta·rax·e·in
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taraxein
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taraxein and hallucinations — The name taraxein comes from the Greek verb tarassein, which means to confuse, to disturb. It was introduced in or shortly before 1957 by the American psychiatrist and neurologist Robert Galbraith Heath (1915 1999) and his team at Tulane… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
taraxein — ta·rax·e·in tə rak sē ən n a substance orig. reported to have been isolated from the blood of schizophrenics and to cause schizophrenic behavior but not chemically characterized or confirmed by later workers attempting to replicate the results … Medical dictionary
taraxein — təˈraksēə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: Greek taraxis confusion (from tarassein to trouble, confuse) + English ein (as in protein); akin to Greek thrassein, thrattein to trouble, disturb more at dark : a substance isolable from the blood of… … Useful english dictionary
ta|rax|ein — «tuh RAK seen, see ihn», noun. a protein substance extracted from the blood serum of schizophrenic persons: »Taraxein…causes symptoms similar to schizophrenia when injected into normal volunteers (Time). ╂[< Greek tarax confusion (<… … Useful english dictionary
