hypnosisn.
/hɪpˈnəʊsɪs/, U.S. /hɪpˈnoʊsəs/ Physiology.
1. ‘The inducement or the gradual approach of sleep’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > inducement or approach of sleep
hypnosis1876
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 765 It invariably produced hypnosis and contraction of the pupil in him.
2. Artificially produced sleep: esp. that induced by hypnotism; the hypnotic state.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism
animal magnetism1784
magnetism1784
mesmerism1784
magnetizing1787
magnetization1801
zoomagnetism1824
tellurism1832
hypnotism1842
pathetism1843
zoistic magnetism1849
electrobiology1850
electropsychology1850
biologism1852
statuvolism1871
statuvolence1873
braidism1882
hypnosis1882
biomagnetism1887
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > hypnotic state > [noun]
sleepwalking1797
death trance1822
hypnotism1843
somnolism1849
trance-coma1849
trance-sleep1849
trance1861
hypnosis1882
cataplexy1883
hypnotization1884
1882 Quain's Dict. Med. 973 The too ready adoption of hypnosis or Braidism may do harm rather than good.
1892 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Aug. 459 The stages of hypnosis attained, varied from a slight degree of drowsiness to deep trance.
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Jan. 2/1 The waking from hypnosis occurs through immediate action of the imagination, the command to wake up, or through sense [etc.].
1898 Times 13 July 4/1 Any suggestion offered to a person during hypnosis has an exaggerated effect on his mind.
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