Bufotenine

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin. uncountable

    "In the late 1950s Howard Fabing, a medical doctor, obtained permission to inject bufotenine intravenously into a number of inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary."

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"In the late 1950s Howard Fabing, a medical doctor, obtained permission to inject bufotenine intravenously into a number of inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary."

Etymology

From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (“toad”) + ten- (uncertain element) + -ine.

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