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animal hypnosis

a state of motor nonresponsiveness in nonhuman animals, produced by stroking, salient stimuli, or physical restraint. It is called “hypnosis” because of a claimed resemblance to human hypnosis and trance.

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ordinate

n. the vertical coordinate in a graph or data plot; that is, the y-axis. See also abscissa.