sco|to|pho|bin

sco|to|pho|bin
sco|to|pho|bin «SKOH tuh FOH buhn, SKOT uh-», noun.
a chemical compound that is believed to be the basis of a specific conditioned response, fear of the dark, isolated from the brain tissue of rodents conditioned to fear darkness.
[< Greek skótos darkness + phóbos fear + English -in]

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