detention home
- n an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
desynchronizing
- n the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves - v cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
desyrel
- n oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative