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Hypnotic
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hypnotic /hyp·not·ic/ (hip-not´ik)
1. inducing sleep.
2. an agent that induces sleep.
3. pertaining to or of the nature of hypnosis or hypnotism.
hyp·not·ic (hp-ntk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to hypnotism or hypnosis.
2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
n.
An agent that causes sleep.
Hypnotic
A medication that makes a person sleep.
Mentioned in: Barbiturates, Sleep Disorders
hypnotic (hipnot´ik),
n 1. a drug that induces sleep or depresses the central nervous system at a cortical level.
adj 2. causing sleep or a trance. See also sedative.
hypnotic
1. pertaining to or inducing hypnosis or sleep.
2. an agent that induces sleep.
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