ethchlorvynol

n. an alcohol derivative introduced in the 1950s as a nonbarbiturate sedative. Ethchlorvynol is an effective, rapidly acting hypnotic, but because of its toxicity in overdose, as well as its ability to induce enzymes involved in drug metabolism (see enzyme induction) and its association with blood disorders, it has become clinically obsolete. It is at times a substance of abuse. U.S. trade name: Placidyl.

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October 18th 2024

Fechner’s paradox

the apparent increase in the brightness of a figure caused by closing one eye after viewing the figure with both eyes open. [Gustav Theodor Fechner]