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hypnotoxin

The English word “hypnotoxin” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.
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