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soporific /sop·o·rif·ic/ (sop″ŏ-rif´ik) (so″pŏ-rif´ik)

1. producing deep sleep.

2. hypnotic (2).

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sop·o·rif·ic (sp-rfk, sp-)

adj.

1. Inducing or tending to induce sleep.

2. Sleepy; drowsy.

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soporific

[sop′ərif′ik]

Etymology: L, sopor, deep sleep, facere, to make

1  adj, pertaining to a substance, condition, or procedure that causes sleep.

2  n, a soporific drug. See also hypnotic, sedative.

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soporific (sop´rif´ik),

n a sleep-producing drug.

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soporific

1. producing deep sleep.

2. an agent that induces sleep.