Dissociatives are a class of hallucinogen, which distort perceptions of sight and sound and produce feelings of detachment - dissociation - from the environment and self. This is done through reducing or blocking signals to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain. Although many kinds of drugs are capable of such action, dissociatives are ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative
dissociative 1. Characterized by the separation of whole segments of the personality (as in multiple personality disorder) or of discrete mental processes (as in schizophrenias) from the mainstream of consciousness or of behavior. 2. The property inherent in some biological stocks (as of certain bacteria) of differentiating into two or more distin... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3714/2